Pope Francis bestows sainthood on Jesuit
20 Dec 2013 5:26 AM IST
Pope Francis, who is a Jesuit, on Tuesday skipped the Vatican’s customary procedures and bestowed sainthood by decree on Father Pierre Favre, a 16th century priest who was one of the first Jesuits.
Favre, who is sometimes known in the English-speaking world as Peter Faber, was a close companion of St. Ignatius Loyola, the Spaniard who founded the religious order. Francis, the first Jesuit pope in history, applied a little-used procedure called “equivalent canonisation”. This meant Favre was proclaimed a saint by decree without a formal ceremony and without the need for a miracle to have been performed through his intercession.
Favre, who is sometimes known in the English-speaking world as Peter Faber, was a close companion of St. Ignatius Loyola, the Spaniard who founded the religious order. Francis, the first Jesuit pope in history, applied a little-used procedure called “equivalent canonisation”. This meant Favre was proclaimed a saint by decree without a formal ceremony and without the need for a miracle to have been performed through his intercession.
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