Editing August Hlond (section)

==Cause for beatification==
The process of beatification commenced in 1992 and he was granted the title of [[Servant of God]]. Professor [[Franz Scholz]], a German theologian, as well as many others have expressed their opposition to the proposed beatification of Cardinal Hlond. Scholz opposes his actions against post-war [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|German expellees and civilians from territories ceded by Allies to the Polish Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scholz, Franz – Kulturstiftung |url=https://kulturstiftung.org/biographien/scholz-franz-2 |access-date=2025-03-06 |language=de}}</ref>

Documentation (a ''[[Positio]]'') was submitted to the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] (CCS) in 2008 and on 9 March 2017 a group of nine theologians approved naming Hlond "[[Venerable]]" with 8 votes in favor and 1 abstention. The members of the CCS approved the cause on 15 May 2018 and [[Pope Francis]] confirmed Hlond's [[heroic virtue]] allowing Hlond to be named as [[Venerable]] on 19 May.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/05/21/180521a.html | access-date = 24 May 2018 | date= 21 May 2018 | title = Promulgation of Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, 21.05.2018}}</ref>

The current [[postulator]] for this cause is the Salesian priest Pierluigi Cameroni.