Catholic Insight, July 1st, 2003
Rome--As former head of the French government, minister and first president of the European Parliament, Robert Schuman's process for beatification offers testimony to a politician s exemplary life.
Robert Schuman (1886-1963), the man who made possible the birth of the European Union, might soon be a saint. Jacques Paragon, the postulator of the cause of beatification, announced on May 15 that the diocesan investigation of the cause of beatification is due to conclude, possibly this year.
Schuman, head of the French government and author of the May 9, 1950 Declaration--providing the basis f...
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