The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-04
TO BE CONTINUED.
JOAN OF ARC,
Preparations Being Made for Cam
OnizinE the French Heroine.

Preparations Being Made for Cam
onizins the French Heroine.
The archbishop of Orleans has
brough: to Rome the acts of the proc
ess' for the sanctification of the already
"blessed" Joan of Arc. The acts are
very voluminous. They contain over
2,000 pages of foolscap, which the
bishop will present to Leo Kill before
consigning them to the Congregation
of Rites for the continuation of the
process" which, il favorab!y judged,
will lead eventually to the canonization
of the French heroine. Although the
proceedings are very complicated and
long, Leo XIII. has expressed a great
desire that the preliminaries may be
FASTENED so that the function shall take
place during his pentltlcate, and, as it
were, seal the good relations between
France and the holy see
Should the wish of the pope be graft
fed, it will be the fourth ceremony of
canonization that has taken place while
he has occupied the chair of st. Peter,
the three former having occurred in
1881, 1888. and the last in May of this
year. Now that the "process" before
the bishoprie of Orleans is finished,
the members of the court that conduct
ed it there and the witnesses who were
heard are freed from the silence i'm
posed upon them, so that we shall soon
know what are the miracles to be dis
cussed and judged in the Congregation
of Rites, which had to examine and de-
eide on the ''heroism of the virtues" and
ON the authenticity of the miracles.
Two miracles are sufficient for beatif-
cation, but, to become saint and be
raised 10 the honor of worship, more
are necessary.
When the Congregation of Rites,
founded by Sixtus ", is not convinced
of the eXactness or trustworthiness of
the results of the bishopric process"
new inquiries, and sometimes new
processes" are ordered. These in
quiries not infrequently continued for
years; sometimes they go on for CEN
turies. When at last the congregation
has no more objections to make. the
pope gathers together all the cardinals
and bishops In Rome, and asks, merely
as forma.ity, if no further obstacles
prevent the canonization. On receiv-
ing a favorable answer the pontiff pro-
claims with bull tho sanctity of the
"blessed" one, and establishes a date
for the fetes of caponizaton, which are
so magnificent as to represent an aver
age expense of from $780, 900 70 $500, 600.
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