Man behind the University of Notre Dame beatified today (Catholic/Orthodox Caucus)

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On April 28, 2006, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI approved the promulgation of the miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Basil Anthony Moreau (1799-1873), founder of the men and women’s congregations of Holy Cross. This promulgation prepares the way for the beatification that will take place in the diocese of Le Mans, France, on September 15, 2007.

Father Basil Moreau’s cause for beatification was first introduced on the diocesan level in Le Mans, France, in 1946. However, it was not until 1955 that the cause was presented for consideration by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. This congregation studied the life, the writings and the spirituality of Basil Moreau and after a definitive presentation of the study on the founder’s virtues in 1994, the congregation recommended to the late Holy Father John Paul II on January 11, 2003, that he declare Basil Moreau’s practice of the theological and cardinal virtues to be heroic in nature. Pope John Paul II issued the declaration and bestowed on the founder of Holy Cross the title Venerable on April 12, 2003. After further study and the unanimous acceptance of a miraculous cure attributed to Father Basil Moreau’s intercession, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints recommended to His Holiness Benedict XVI on November 8, 2005, that Basil Moreau be declared Blessed.