Perhaps the Miers nomination debate has distracted attention from the occasion of this courageous prolife Church leader being elevated a step toward sainthood. I've found no mention of Cardinal von Galen's beatification yesterday among the prominent Catholic or prolife blogs I've surveyed, except for Catholic Analysis, who reposted the Vatican Information Service (VIS) news release describing the event.
Returning to his prepared text, the Holy Father continued: "Among the many witnesses of Christ in the twentieth century, the figure of this zealous pastor and generous bishop stands out. The Lord gave him the heroic courage to defend the rights of God, of the Church and of man, which the National Socialist regime gravely and systematically violated in the name of an aberrant neo-pagan ideology.
"His beatification today again presents him as a model of profound and intrepid faith. We invoke the intercession of the new Blessed: may he bless the Church and human society in Germany, Europe and the entire world."
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