Lumen 2018

the Church and by the Polish and Lithuanian nations, there were no favorable conditions to resume efforts in the matter. In 1918, Poland and Lithuania regained their independence, but the documents were dispersed in various archives, and there was not enough time to make appropriate preparations. Thus, the Marians were not able to resume the beatification process before World War II, either. It was only in 1953, after many pleas from the Marians and the faithful, and after work on the publication of Positio super Introductione Causae et super virtutibus of the Servant of God Stanislaus had begun, that the re- sumption of the cause became possible. In 1977, Positio was published and evaluated by historical con- sultants, and on March 6, 1981, the cause was introduced before the Apostolic See. In the years 1981-1982, a process de non cultu was conducted in Warsaw. The decree super validitate Processus (regard- ing the validity of the diocesan process) was promulgated in 1990. Further evaluations of Positio super Virtutibus were also conducted. Then, on January 22, 1991, during an Ordinary Congress of the Congregation, chaired by Anthony Petti, General Promoter of the Faith, the theological consultants stated that the Servant of God practiced virtues to a heroic degree. On March 17, 1992, after having listened to the report delivered by Paulino Limongi, Titular Archbishop of Nice in Hemimont, the Cardinals and Bishops gathered at an Ordinary Congregation stated that the Servant of God Stanislaus of Jesus Mary Papczynski practiced the theological virtues, the cardinal virtues, and other virtues associated with these, to a heroic degree. After the results of the research conducted by the Cardinal Prefect signed below had been presented to Pope John Paul II, the Holy Fa- ther gladly accepted the decision of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of the Saints and ordered that the decree on the Servant of God’s heroic virtues be prepared. On June 13, 1992, the Holy Father invited the Cardinal Prefect, the relators of the cause, the Secretary of the Congregation, and S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 480