Just two weeks ago, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo was beatified in Madrid. Tens of thousands of people from all over the world were in attendance to witness to his holiness in this life and celebrate the official acknowledgement of his beatitude in the next.
The next step for the newly Blessed (Deo volente) will depend upon Rome’s approval of a second miracle, leading to his canonization in Rome by the pope, whoever that pope may be and whenever that may be. These things take time, but happily much less time than they used to (which could often be centuries), thanks to the reforms of St. Pope John Paul II.
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