Proces beatyfikacyjny sługi Bożego kard. Augusta Hlonda
The beatification process of the Servant of God Cardinal August Hlond

Summary/Abstract: Every canonization process is a long and laborious process aimed at documenting the sanctity of the life of the servant of God, which can be expressed through heroic virtue, martyrdom, and, more recently, irrevocable sacrifice of life for others. There are many such processes in the Catholic Church, because the Church wants to show that holiness is available to everyone. This presentation discusses the history and current state of the beatification process of the Servant of God, Card. Augusta Hlond SDB (1881–1948), Primate of Poland and founder of the Society of Christ for Polish Diaspora. At the beginning of this description, the author briefly introduces the reader to the general principles and individual stages of the beatification process, which in turn is the first part of the canonization process. Then the issue of the so-called “The opinion of sanctity”, which in the process of beatification is an indispensable condition for initiating an investigation. In the case of card. Hlond was the conviction of people about his holy life that could be observed already at the time of the funeral. In the next part, the vice postulator of the process presents a detailed history of the investigation – starting with the efforts undertaken in the 1960s and 1970s, through the diocesan phase, to the present state, which is called the Roman stage. Because the beatification process of the Primate Hlond is guided by the heroic virtue, a miracle will be needed for the beatification. The author of this submission in the next part discusses three cases of healing through the work of the Servant of God, who were initially verified whether they can be presented to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints as extraordinary and inexplicable from the medical point of view. Finally, at the end, you can become familiar with the controversies and accusations that have arisen during the ongoing trial. The Vice Postulator presented them to four: 1. The primate’s accusation of anti-Semitism; 2. The issue of the cardinal’s departure from Poland at the beginning of September 1939; 3. The accusation of collaboration with Germany; 4. The problem of extraordinary powers received from the Holy See in 1945. The whole presented issue ends with a positive conclusion, indicating that the formal beatification process of cardinal A. Hlond is moving forward, and what's more, he has a chance of a positive ending this year. It is also worth noting that in 2018 we are experiencing the 70th anniversary of the birth of primate August Hlond to heaven.

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