"Pope raising standards for beatification" - report

From CWNews:

Vatican, Apr. 27 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI has called for tighter limits on the number of candidates for beatification, in a message to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

In a long letter to Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Benedict said that a cause should not be opened unless there is "a proven reputation for holiness." The Pope's letter was sent on April 24, as the Congregation opened its plenary meeting; the text was released by the Vatican on April 27.

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