JOAN OF ARC.
-,rV., . V. cv;.' ' THE BEATIFICATION CEREMONIES. (BT TEIiEGBArB—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTEIOUT.) - V ' Romo, January 25. .; -The. Pope completed the ceremony of the boatification of Joan of Arc, in. the presence of the Congregation of Rites.' ;
JOAN AND HER MIRACLES I On the morning of Sunday, December 13., in the Consistorial ; Hall of the Vatioan, there took place: the solemn sitting ; of tho Congregation of,l?ites, assembled for the reading of the decree regarding the beatification of' Joan of. Arc. ' : The onal boatification ceremonies (writes the Home correspondent of the "Daily Mail'') mil prpbablv be. held next Easter, .Canonisation,, which carries with it the title of saint, will not necessarily follow for a considerable period. On the Pope taking hie: Boat the secretary of 'the Congregation read the decree of beatification, 'which recalled the . mysterious ; voices heard by Joan of Arc. her liberation of Orleans,' the orowniiig of . the King at Rheims, and, finally,, her. death by fire,'lit," says the decree/ "by men who were the declared enemies of the Holyi See." - ' The decree proceeded to cite thrco miracles considered to have been performed by Joan of Aro,- The first concerned a nun, .who, in 1?30, "having, sufferedi.for- three .years from a 'canoeiin tho. 6tomaoh, -. was otf . the ;point 1 of death, but, on imploring'. Joan .of "Aro, was instantly cured.":" The 6econd';,miracle - affected a : nun who,", in 1893; ."suffered from "tuberculosis and ulcers in the legs, and, praying to Joan lof Atb, was cured the same-day"; and the last, nun who, after suffering from cancer-for ten. years; 'was 'cured in 1891- after, praying';for five .days." .... ; ■>
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 7
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