List Of Opus Dei Saints And Beatified People
This list of Opus Dei saints and beatified people includes not only List of Catholic saints, saints of the Catholic Church and those officially beatified by the Church (Beatification, beati), but also those considered List of venerated Catholics, venerabili, Servant of God, servants of God or candidates for sainthood, who are faithful of the Prelature of Opus Dei. In the year 1928, Fr. Josemaría Escrivá, a diocesan priest in Zaragoza, Spain, received the inspiration of establishing ''Opus Dei'' (English: ''Work of God''), a way by which Catholics might learn to sanctify themselves in and through their secular work. After its foundation, numerous people from different walks of ordinary life and nationalities became members. The institution later received pontifical approval from Pope Pius XII. It has become one of the largest existing Catholic organization for lay faithful in the Catholic Church, existing in 90 countries. Opus Dei is formally known as the Prelature of the Holy C ...
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List Of Catholic Saints
This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the ''Roman Martyrology'';Roman Martyrology by Month 1916 Edition
Geoffrey K. Mondello, Boston Catholic Journal still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the larger worldwide church. Candidates go through the following four steps on the way to being declared saints. Saints acknowledged by the