beatification
n. 受福,授福,列福式
When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint.
In May, Pope John Paul is to beatify Gianna Beretta.
5月,教皇約翰·保羅將為吉安娜·貝雷塔行宣福禮。
1. a state of supreme happiness
2. the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
3. (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
Beatification, which is bestowed only on the dead, is the penultimate step before sainthood.
受宣福, 只能適用於死了的人, 是封聖前的步驟.