Vatican to tighten canonization process…
February 14th, 2008 by 
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“VATICAN CITY, Feb. 12 (UPI) — A Vatican document calls for bishops to use “greater sobriety and rigor” when considering potential saints, the cardinal in charge of the process said.Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the saints department, said that the aim is to guide bishops “in the new spirit introduced by Benedict XVI,” the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The document is scheduled for release next week.”
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PRESENTATION OF THE INSTRUCTION “SANCTORUM MATER”VATICAN CITY, 13 FEB 2008 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today announced that at 11.30 a.m. on Monday, 18 February, a press conference will be held to present the Instruction of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, “Sanctorum Mater”, concerning norms regulating the opening of causes for beatification.
Participating in the press conference - during which the supplement to the “Index ac status causarum” will also be presented - will be Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., Archbishop Michele Di Ruberto and Msgr. Marcello Bartolucci, respectively president, secretary and under-secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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