![]() ![]() ![]() Aged 9 and 7 at the time, they held firm in their faith, and ultimately Portuguese church officials declared the apparitions authentic. “Before we couldn’t even talk about the beatification of children in the history of the church because the principle prevailed that they didn’t yet have the skills to exercise the heroic level of Christian virtues,” Saraiva Martins said in an interview.īut the Marto siblings earned the designation by refusing - despite threats they would be fried in olive oil - to recant their visions. Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martians pushed their case through the first phase of beatification when he was in charge of the Vatican’s saint-making office. They are the youngsters who, along with their cousin, reported the visions of the Madonna 100 years ago. A miracle is needed, however, for martyrs to be canonized.įrancisco and Jacinta Marto, who will be canonized Saturday, will become the Catholic Church’s youngest-ever non-martyred saints. Martyrs - people killed for their faith - can be beatified without a miracle. If convinced, the congregation sends the case to the pope, who signs a decree saying the candidate can be beatified.Ī second miracle is needed to declare the candidate a saint. Panels of doctors, theologians, bishops and cardinals must certify that the cure was instantaneous, complete and lasting - and was due to the intercession of the saintly candidate. If the postulator finds someone was miraculously healed by praying for the candidate’s intercession, and if the cure can’t be medically explained, the case is presented to the congregation as the possible miracle needed for beatification. ![]()
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