On Wednesday 3 April 2013 our Roman Postulator for the cause,Fr Jean-Jules Chassem MSC, handed in copies of the Positio – book to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The Positio – book will be studied first by the group of theologian consultors. We expect this study to be completed by the end of this year,God willing. If majority pass it, it goes to the prelates of the Congregation.If the prelates of the Congregation approve, the Prefect of the Congregation publishes the “Decretum Super Martyrio of the Servant of God ” and authorizes that the person be called Venerable.
The Prefect of the Congregation will then present the cause to the pope for the pope to decide on whether the Venerable martyr can be beatified or not.Finally the pope declares beatification at a special Mass in honour of the newly acclaimed “Blessed martyr.”
The process in the Congregation can be quite slow but we have an advantage because a miracle is not required for the beatification of a martyr. As soon as his martyrdom is approved by the Congregation then the door is open for the pope to declare him a martyr for beatification.
We are now praying the special prayers of the Novena in honour of Benedict Daswa.Copies of the Novena prayers can be found in the Diocese of Tzaneen website:
http://dioceseoftzaneen.mariannhillmedia.org/blessed-servant-of-god-benedict-daswa/
We are prayerfully confident that the Lord is already blessing Southern Africa in a new way through the intercession of Blessed Benedict Daswa. We are also praying that the the Lord will open the way for his beatification in the near future.May God in his mercy enlighten the hearts and minds of the members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to confirm what we already believe - that Benedict Daswa is indeed a martyr of the Catholic Church.
The Prefect of the Congregation will then present the cause to the pope for the pope to decide on whether the Venerable martyr can be beatified or not.Finally the pope declares beatification at a special Mass in honour of the newly acclaimed “Blessed martyr.”
The process in the Congregation can be quite slow but we have an advantage because a miracle is not required for the beatification of a martyr. As soon as his martyrdom is approved by the Congregation then the door is open for the pope to declare him a martyr for beatification.
We are now praying the special prayers of the Novena in honour of Benedict Daswa.Copies of the Novena prayers can be found in the Diocese of Tzaneen website:
http://dioceseoftzaneen.mariannhillmedia.org/blessed-servant-of-god-benedict-daswa/
We are prayerfully confident that the Lord is already blessing Southern Africa in a new way through the intercession of Blessed Benedict Daswa. We are also praying that the the Lord will open the way for his beatification in the near future.May God in his mercy enlighten the hearts and minds of the members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to confirm what we already believe - that Benedict Daswa is indeed a martyr of the Catholic Church.
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