Profiles in Faith

Monsignor Paul A. Lenz

From the Office of the Vice Postulator

At last, a big move. The canonization process moves forward.

In article after article, I, as vice-postulator for the canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, have been assuring all her friends and those truly devoted to Kateri, as I am, that work was being done on a definite miracle, one only needed, for the great honor to come to Kateri.

In the first week of July, after two years, and much work on the part of a Tribunal and me, all the final documentation was sent to the Vatican in the diplomatic pouch of the Vatican Embassy here in Washington, D.C.

“On a large stained glass window of the Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Loretto, in Loretto, Italy, there is Blessed Kateri for thousands of pilgrims visiting the Shrine to see.”

Were prayers offered for that big move? Yes, and many on the part of you readers and people in other countries in the world.

How international is Kateri? On a large stained glass window of the Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Loretto, in Loretto, Italy, there is Blessed Kateri for thousands of pilgrims visiting the Shrine to see.

What do we do now? Simply, we continue to pray that the Secretariat for Beatifications and Canonizations at the Vatican will not delay the intense study to declare Blessed Kateri a Saint.

As soon as there is any information on the movement of the documents provided, no time will be wasted in letting everyone know the results. It will not happen overnight. How long it will take is not known. Therefore, please continue to pray.

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