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John Paul II’s Canonization Policy

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Abstract

During his pontificate John Paul II proclaimed 1342 beati and 482 saints, such a large amount that it accounts for more than half of the sanctifications across the entirety of Catholicism stretching back to the Congregation of Rites (1588). Along with such fruitful use of sanctification came a certain planning that was not only pastoral in nature, but also political, in the broadest sense of the term. The essay aims to analyse how under John Paul II’s pontificate the traditional concept of holiness began to mutate, taking on multiple functions, while its concrete manifestations – beatifications and canonisations – became active instruments of ecclesiastical government.


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Submitted: April 11, 2018 | Published June 6, 2018 | Language: en

Keywords Catholic Church • Canonisation • New Evangelisation • Holiness • John Paul II

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