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Article: Thomas More & Bishop Fisher: declared saints 70 years ago.(Biography)
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- Catholic Insight
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- July 1, 2005
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In Saint Peter's Basilica the solemn moment arrived in the ceremony of canonization when Pope Pius XI in the exercise of his office as teacher and head of the Universal Church made the solemn proclamation:
"In honour of the Undivided Trinity, for the exaltation of the Catholic Faith and the increase of the Christian religion, by the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and our own, after mature deliberation and imploring the divine assistance, by the advice of our Venerable Brethen the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, the Patriarchs, Archbishops and Bishops present in the city, We decree and define as Saints, and inscribe in ...