The person is canonized as a saint.
Sanctification is the process by which a person becomes holy. He becomes a saint when he enters heaven, so that process would be called death. He is announced as a saint to the Church through a process known as canonization.
When the pope declares a person a saint, it is said that he canonizes them.
A saint becomes a saint the instant they enter heaven. However, before the Catholic Church can declare them as a saint in heaven they carry out a lengthy investigation to assure that the person is, indeed, in heaven. This is called the canonization process,
The person is canonized, officially recognized by the Church as a saint.
Canonization is the process of declaring a person to be a saint.
People from Saint Lucia are called Saint Lucian
The term for the process of declaring a person a saint is called canonization.
The process is called canonization.
It is called being canonized or canonization
Technically, a person becomes a saint when he/she dies and goes to heaven. For Saint Theresa, this would have been September 30, 1897. She was officially recognized a saint by the Church (canonized) May 17, 1925.
After years of studies and investigations by the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the Vatican, the pope can approve the canonization of the person as a saint.
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