Beatification and the Architecture of Resilience: What the Church's Newest Blesseds Reveal About Human Flourishing

Pope Leo XIV's authorization of six new beatification decrees, including the cause of Lebanese Patriarch Elias Hoyek and 80 Spanish martyrs, offers more than ecclesiastical news. These lives, recognized for martyrdom, missionary perseverance, and hidden holiness, map the psychological and spiritual contours of resilience that Catholic mental health frameworks have long argued are inseparable. Presence + explores what these stories mean for the science and faith of human thriving.