| Show HONORS LONG DELAYED the announcement cornea comes that the pope intends to beatify joan of ar arc C x and this means that she ahe may a BOOB thereafter be enrolled among to Cit catholic holic saints as beatification la in but the of canonization precursor A go many people know something or of th ifal history of that ceroi he but few there are who know all or tiny anya considerable part of it A girl in who a blending of romance harols hero hi roleah 1 l and spiritual spiritualism lern existed believed ajl the age of 13 that rhe phe received vi viat from the angels and not as 88 we unde und stand uch tuch t visitations to be few ax an far between but frequently wh 17 years old in 1428 she believed he self inspired to deliver fral fra from the invaders from across the channel and shortly after her claims were rewarded with recount bior at the head bead of men who had bad rallied about her she raised the stage of orleans bud and gave the conquerors of so large larae a portion of her country their brat decisive check three months later she ahe had the satisfaction of seeing the dauphin chatles crowned at the following captured by her enemies year she ahe and taken to rouen there she ehe was tried tor for witchcraft and given by the bishop of beauvais the choice between of her al the stake and a recantation ledged errors and finally although terrified at first into a recantation she was butner in the marketplace market place of the old norman town for persisting in her bar declaration that the visions she had bad seen and the voices she had heard and not from had been from heaven bell whether the victim of a hallucination ci or not the maid of orleans called was recognized as a as she bhe was waa generous and sincere girl p pure ure sweet and devout as any and as aa pa patriotic character in history the sentence which consigned joan to the take was wa revoked by the pope in 1466 too late to be of practical bervice lei vice but sufficient for the purpose ot of rectifying rectify ing the wrong place I 1 upon her bar it is ie worthy of note that from the day of her bar victory at orleans the of england in france steadily power waned and finally disappeared altogether A monument marks abe spot where she was burned to death the qualification for beatification by the catholic church is ia the posses for sanctity and sion ion of a reputation supernatural euper natural gifts and the only one the sentence of who can pronounce beatification in ia the popo pop but an au informs us before any one can be canonized four consistories consi stories must be held bold to examine into the case in IM the third consistory which is held publicly a devils devil Is advocate advocates advocat us cUa boli appears w biose i ose busi business riese it is to say aay all that can be said against the be character of the candidate for saintly honors while in the fourth consistory the question to is finally set led by a vote of the cardinals it t is a very late day to revive the subject of honor to one who did so go much for her bar people uy by her sots acts her example and her influx oe ce but the circumstance stands out in grateful contrast with the disposition which has acquired so much popularity in this age to undo and overthrow great characters of history that were previously held bold sacred |
