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| Bishop Álvaro del Portillo |
Good news from
the Vatican today that Pope Benedict XVI has authorised the Prefect of the Congregation
for the Causes of Saints to promulgate various decrees. One of them was to
declare a former prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Álvaro del
Portillo, Venerable.
Along with
Bishop Álvaro del Portillo, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, was also declared
Venerable. Read the full announcement on the website of the Vatican
Information Service.
Venerable, is
the style used for a Servant Of God declared to be “heroic in virtue” during
the investigation and process leading to possible canonisation as a saint.
Before a person is considered to be Venerable, he or she must be declared as
such by a proclamation, approved by the Pope, of having lived a life that was “heroic
in virtue” – the virtues being the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity
and the Cardinal Virtues of Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance. The
next step is Beatification, at which point the person is referred to as The
Blessed, and finally canonisation, at which point the person is referred to as Saint.[1]
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