Beatification in a general sense refers to the act of beatifying. Beatification is an ecclesiastical procedure by which the papal figure states or exposes that a deceased character enjoys the glory of heaven and is worthy of all kinds of worship thanks to the virtues he possessed.
This is a declaration made by the Pope that qualifies him as the head of the church, affirming that a given servant of God has maintained a life of holiness, that is, that he has performed the Christian virtues in such a way that he can express himself. as heroic, and that consequently he obtained the death of a martyr, and that he now enjoys the heavenly deities.
The body in charge of studying and analyzing each one of the miracles, heroic virtues and martyrdoms is the Vatican, and it is this that proposes the different figures of holiness so that the Supreme Pontiff begins to carry out the beatifications, it is called the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. . The sentence of beatification is not something definitive that takes place before the canonization;
Because beatification is the permission to pay a certain homage or public worship to an entity with certain limitations, on the other hand, canonization allows the veneration of a certain character in a universal way, who is called a saint.
The beatification process can only be offered to those who died with a reputation for holiness, that is, there is proof and it is publicized in different places and territories. Beatification can be granted in two ways, which can be for the enjoyment of certain heroic Christian virtues, or for martyrdom, that is, he suffered for his faith.
