Editing Andrew Bobola (section)

==Veneration==
[[File:Catholic Church in Janaŭ.jpg|thumb|Andrzej Bobola memorial church in Janów Poleski, 19th-century image]]
Bobola's body was originally buried in the Jesuit church in Pinsk. It was later moved to their church in Polotsk.<ref name=CE /> By the beginning of the 18th century, however, nobody knew where Bobola's body was buried. In 1701 Father Martin Godebski, S.J., the [[rector (academic)|rector]] of the Pinsk College, reputedly had a vision of Bobola. This caused him to order a search for the body. It was reportedly found completely [[incorrupt]], which is recognized by the Church and its supporters as evidence of holiness. 

[[File:Il Gesù 014.JPG|thumb|left|upright|The altar with the relics of the arm of Andrew Bobola in the church of Il Gesù in Rome.]]
On 23 June 1922, the coffin with the relics of Andrew Bobola was opened in Polotsk and an examination was carried out. In December 1922, the coffin with the corpse of Andrew Bobola was delivered to Moscow and placed in the hall of the Popular Exhibition on Health Protection of the People's Commissariat for Health. In January 1923, he was examined by a special commission and an act was drawn up, according to which the corpse of Andrew Bobola is a naturally mummified corpse, which is in the stage of slow decomposition. The results of the examinations were published in 1924 in the journal [[w:ru:Революция и церковь|''Revolution and Church'']].<ref name=russian /> Later described by an American journalist as a "remarkably well-preserved mummy",<ref name=time/> to the Museum of Hygiene of People's Commissioners of Health in [[Moscow]].  The whereabouts of the remains were not known to the Catholic authorities, and [[Pope Pius XI]] charged the Papal Famine Relief Mission in Russia, headed by American [[Jesuit]] Father [[Edmund A. Walsh]], with the task of locating and "rescuing" them.<ref name=time/> In October 1923—as a kind of "pay" for help during famine—the remains were released to Walsh and his assistant director, Father [[Louis J. Gallagher]], S.J.  Well-packed by the two Jesuits, they were delivered to the [[Holy See]] by Gallagher on [[All Saints' Day]] (1 November) 1923.<ref name=time>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100826083859/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931017,00.html "Religion: Saints"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. 25 April 1938. (The ''Time'' article says that Walsh personally transported the Holy Relics from Moscow to [[Rome]];  but this is apparently a mistake, both since Gallagher (1953) describes his own role as a diplomatic courier with the relics, and McNamara (2005), p. 45, mentions that Walsh stayed behind in Moscow after Gallagher's departure, and only left Moscow on 16 November 1923, and arrived in Rome on 3 December. The author of the book explicitly says [http://irishcatholichumanist.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html in his blog] that Gallagher was entrusted with that task.)</ref><ref name=poplatek>{{cite book |url=http://www.milosierdzie.info.pl/BAnB1936.pdf |author=Jan Popłatek |title=Błagosławiony Andrzej Bobola |trans-title=Blessed Andrew Bobola |year=1936 |pages=250–253 |language=pl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331090243/http://www.milosierdzie.info.pl/BAnB1936.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2010  }} This book uses as one of its sources L. J. Gallagher's article, "How we rescued the Relics of Blessed Andrew Bobola" (1924), which unfortunately was not available to this contributor.</ref> In May 1924, the relics were installed in Rome's [[Church of the Gesù]], the main church of the Society of Jesus.<ref name=poplatek/>

Since 19 June 1938 the body has been venerated at a shrine in [[Warsaw]],<ref name="sj">{{Cite web |url=https://jesuits.eu/news/375-andrzej-bobola-the-patron-of-unity-and-peace |title=Andrzej Bobola, patron of unity and peace |last=Dziemska |first=Anna |date=28 May 2017 |website=Jesuits in Europe |publisher=Society of Jesus |language=en-gb |access-date=14 May 2018 }}</ref> with an arm remaining at the original shrine in Rome (see photo at left).

Declared [[Beatification|blessed]] by [[Pope Pius IX]] on 30 October 1853, Bobola was [[canonized]] by [[Pope Pius XI]] on 17 April 1938.<ref name="sj"/> His [[calendar of saints|feast day]] was originally celebrated by the Jesuits on 23 May,<ref name="CE"/> but it is now generally celebrated on 16 May.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jesuitinstitute.org/Pages/Liturgy/Calendar.htm |title=Jesuit Liturgcal Calendar |publisher=The Jesuit Institute |access-date=14 May 2018 }}</ref> In 2002, the [[Polish Episcopal Conference|Bishops' Conference of Poland]] declared Bobola a [[patron saint]] of Poland.<ref name="sj"/>