Founder of Holy Cross order likely to be beatified in 2007

Published: 2006-06-14

ROME (CNS) -- The beatification of Father Basil Anthony Moreau, founder of the Holy Cross priests, brothers and sisters, is finally in sight, 60 years after his sainthood cause was opened. Pope Benedict XVI approved the publication of the decree recognizing a miraculous healing attributed to Father Moreau's intercession. Brother Edward Dailey, general secretary of the Congregation of Holy Cross, said June 14 that the beatification ceremony is likely to be held in 2007. Beatification is a major step toward sainthood. The diocesan phase of the founder's cause opened in Le Mans, France, in 1946 and was presented to the Congregation for Saints' Causes in 1955. In 2003, Pope John Paul II approved the decree recognizing that Father Moreau heroically lived a life of Christian virtues.

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