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How to Become a Saint: Canonization Explained
Step one: Be Catholic.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa died in 1997, and her cause for canonization was opened only two years...
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Beatification of Archbishop Óscar Romero
A procession during the beatification of Archbishop Óscar Romero in San Salvador,...
Presidencia El Salvador
Beatification ceremony of Carlo Acutis
Roman Catholic clergy members attending the beatification ceremony of Carlo Acutis...
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