During this week of ALL SAINTS and ALL SOULS, here is an explanation of how the lives of some of the saints to be are being looked at for canonization- something which is often confusing.
In July of 2017, Pope Francis Issued a Motu Proprio stating “the offer of life is a new cause for the beatification and canonization procedure, distinct from the causes based on martyrdom and on the heroism of the virtues.” Pope Francis goes on to explain the criteria for the offer of Life: “The offer of life, in order that it be valid and effective for the beatification of a Servant of God, must respond to the following criteria:
1. a
free and voluntary offer of life and heroic acceptance propter caritatem
(meaning: because of charity or through love) of a certain and untimely death;
2. a nexus (connection) between the offer of life and premature death;
3. the exercise, at least as ordinarily possible, of Christian virtues before the offer of life and, then, unto death;
4. the existence of a reputation of holiness and of signs, at least after death;
5. the
necessity of a miracle for beatification, occurring after the death of the
Servant of God and through his or her intercession.”
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