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Christian feast day: Blessed Chiara Badano
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Beatification
Solemn declaration by the pope about the holy life of a person on earth
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification;…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chiara Badano
Italian Blessed
Chiara Badano was an Italian teenager who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" ("light") by the founder Chiara Lubich. When she was 16, she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a painful…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)