Sainthood for Pius XII will get more study in '08, Vatican official says
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
New York
Probably the most delicate cause for sainthood currently working its way through the Vatican system will be further studied this year, according to the Holy See's top official for saints, but he offered no projection of when Pope Pius XII might be formally beatified and, eventually, canonized.
Portuguese Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, spoke in a Feb.1 interview with the newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference, L'Avvenire.