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Who canonized Bernadette Soubirous?

  • Pope John Paul II

  • Pope Pius XI

  • Pope Benedict XVI

  • Pope Francis

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Pope Pius XI canonized Bernadette Soubirous, the young French visionary who witnessed the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858. The canonization process, which involves a rigorous examination of the candidate's life, virtues, and miracles, culminated in a ceremony on December 8, 1933, where Bernadette was officially declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
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