The Catholic Church follows an in-depth process in order to declare someone a saint. There are four steps of canonization in the Church: 1. Servant of God Five years after the person has died, the process can begin. The bishop of the diocese where the person died can decide to open the cause of canonization. This begins an investigation into the life of the person. The investigation determines if person lived a life of heroic virtue or died by martyrdom. Once the investigation is complete, a doc

Newly Canonized Saints of the Catholic Church During a solemn Mass in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope proclaimed seven Blesseds as new Saints of the Catholic Church: Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan, Peter To Rot, Vincenza Maria Poloni, Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles Martínez, Maria Troncatti, José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, and Bartolo Longo. #fblifestyle #canonization #OrateProNobis #Catholic | Catholic Tradition & Evangelization

With these words of the Formula of Canonization, Pope Leo XIV officially proclaimed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis saints of the Catholic Church. Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, pray for us! | Vatican News