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July 28--Rabbi dedicated psalm to Pope Pius IX. July 20--Press campaign & beatification scheduled for 9/3. Click here for links to more news releases and articles VATICAN CITY, DEC 22 (ZENIT).- Pius IX, the last Pope to hold temporal power, will be beatified in the year 2000. His dramatic reign occured at the time of the birth of the Italian nation, and was marked by serious persecutions by the Freemasons. . . Pius IX's cause for beatification was one of the longest and most difficult in Church history. It was begun under Pius X on February 11, 1907, and was re-launched by Benedict XV, without much success, and later by Pius XI. After the Second World War, the process was re-initiated by Pius XII on December 7, 1954. The cause advanced during Paul VI's pontificate. The collection of the acts of the canonical process (i.e. "positio") was completed, including the analysis of the candidate's life, questioning of the witnesses and evaluations by historians and theologians. The decree on the heroic exercise of theological and cardinal virtues was finally promulgated by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on July 6, 1985, and approved by John Paul II, allowing his proclamation as "Venerable." Among Pius IX's most outstanding virtues were his unconditional love for the Church, his charity, and his high regard for the priesthood and for missionaries. The miracle attributed to Pius IX, which was verified by the Medical Commission on January 15, 1986, and definitively proclaimed on Monday of this week, was the inexplicable cure of a French nun. continued Web site dedicated on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, 2000 Discussion l Chat l Contact