Blessed Martyr Rani Maria

Blessed Sr Rani Maria

Powerful expression of this forgiving love was given by Blessed Rani Maria’s younger sister, Sr.Selmy Paul FCC, in what became national news. On 21st August 2002, rightly interpreting the mind of her elder sister, Sr. Selmy visited Samundhar Singh, the assassin of Rani Maria, in the Indore Central Jail.On the occasion of the eighth death anniversary of Sr.Rani Maria, 25th February 2003, her mother Eliswa visited the jail and kissed the hands of her daughter’s assassin. No gesture of forgiveness could have been more eloquent. The FCC superiors, who accompanied her also expressed their forgiveness.

The beatification process opened on 26 September 2003 after the title Servant of God was conferred upon her and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints granted the “nihil obstat” (‘nothing against’) to the cause. The subsequent diocesan process took place in Indore from 29 June 2005 to 28 June 2007 and received C.C.S. validation in Rome on 27 November 2009.

The C.C.S. received the Positio in 2014 and passed it onto consulting theologians, who on 11 February 2016 voiced their approval to the cause. The C.C.S. later approved this on 21 March 2017. Pope Francis approved the cause on 23 March 2017 and confirmed that Sr.Rani Mariya  beatified on 4 November 2017 in Indore.