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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Feb 18, 1904

Joan of Arc Beatified

That well-known French heroine, Joan of Arc, has been “beatified” by the pope, so that she is now the “venerable” Joan of Arc. She has not, however, yet been canonized. The difference between that which entitles one to beatification and that which justifies canonization appears to be that for the latter it must be proved that four miracles have been done by the prospective saint’s intercession, whereas only two such miracles are required for the former. Considering the fact which a religious authority points out, that the judgment which sent this unfortunate heroine to the stake was affirmed by a Catholic bishop, and by abbots, canons, priests, monks, and doctors of divinity to the number of sixty-eight in all, her present beatification by the same church presents an interesting instance of the papacy reversing itself.