Absolutely nothing.
It is what happens before a saint is canonized. What happens is instead of just the local church knowing. They tell the world church that there is a new saint. Beatification is one step below sainthood in the canonization process and it states to the entire world that this person lived a saintly life.
St. Christopher was neither beatified nor canonized.
He was beatified on beatified May 29, 1955, by Venerable Pope Pius XII and canonized on April 18, 1999, by Pope John Paul II.
The word "beatified" is pronounced as "bee-AT-uh-fyed."
Mother Teresa was beatified Sunday, October 19, 2003.
It can depend. A person has to be dead and with God in Heaven and perform one proven miracle to become beatified. Once the person has had three proven miracles they are are announced a saint.
No Mother Teresa has not been canonized yet. She needs one more miracle for that.Mother Teresa has not yet been canonized. She has been beatified.
She was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.
Kateri was beatified on June 22, 1980, by Pope John Paul II.
Dominic was beatified on March 5, 1950, by Pope Pius XII.
He was beatified on October 25, 1619 , by Pope Paul V.
He was beatified on October 19, 1975, by Pope Paul VI.