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Declared Venerable on 21 December 1992 by Pope John Paul II for her life of heroic virtue, based on the Congregation for the Causes of Saints' review of her biography and testimonies, without requiring a miracle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.saintjosephinebakhita.com/ |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Saint Josephine Bakhita |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> This stage recognized her as a model for the oppressed. | Declared Venerable on 21 December 1992 by Pope John Paul II for her life of heroic virtue, based on the Congregation for the Causes of Saints' review of her biography and testimonies, without requiring a miracle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.saintjosephinebakhita.com/ |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Saint Josephine Bakhita |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> This stage recognized her as a model for the oppressed. | ||
===Beatification=== | |||
Beatified on 17 May 1992 by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square after confirmation of a miracle—the inexplicable healing of a Sudanese woman from a terminal illness through Bakhita's intercession in 1980—allowing regional veneration as Blessed Josephine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5601 |title=St. Josephine Bakhita - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> As a confessor, the prodigy was essential, verified by medical experts. | Beatified on 17 May 1992 by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square after confirmation of a miracle—the inexplicable healing of a Sudanese woman from a terminal illness through Bakhita's intercession in 1980—allowing regional veneration as Blessed Josephine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5601 |title=St. Josephine Bakhita - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> As a confessor, the prodigy was essential, verified by medical experts. | ||
This beatification emphasized her anti-trafficking witness. | This beatification emphasized her anti-trafficking witness. | ||
===Canonization=== | |||
Canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square during the Jubilee Year, following a second miracle—the healing of an Italian child from an incurable disease in 1995 through her intercession—declaring her a saint for the universal Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> The ceremony highlighted her as Sudan's first saint and patron of human trafficking victims. | Canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square during the Jubilee Year, following a second miracle—the healing of an Italian child from an incurable disease in 1995 through her intercession—declaring her a saint for the universal Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita |title=Saint Josephine Bakhita |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> The ceremony highlighted her as Sudan's first saint and patron of human trafficking victims. | ||