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Anne Catherine Emmerich Awaits Sainthood

Question:

Has Anne Catherine Emmerich been canonized?

Answer:

As of now, no. Pope St. John Paul II beatified her in 2004. Her cause for sainthood is being handled by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.

Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich told of “the sorrowful passion of our Lord Jesus Christ” and lived it in her body. The fact that the daughter of poor peasants who sought tenaciously to be close to God became the well-known “Mystic of the Land of Münster” was a work of divine grace. Her material poverty contrasted with her rich interior lifeWe are equally impressed by the new Blessed’s patience in putting up with physical weakness and her strong character, as well as her unshakable faith.

She found this strength in the Most Holy Eucharist. Her example opened the hearts of poor and rich alike, of simple and cultured persons, whom she instructed in loving dedication to Jesus Christ.

Still today, she passes on to all the saving message: Through the wounds of Christ we have been saved (cf. I Pet. 2:24).

(Homily by St. Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the Beatification, October 3, 2004)

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