His beatification process began in the 1930s and he was declared “blessed” in 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.
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The French religious and famous hermit of the desert Charles de Foucauld, who died in 1916 in the Algerian Sahara, will be canonized on May 15, 2022, announced the Vatican congregation for the cause of the saints on Tuesday, November 9. In May, a meeting of cardinals chaired by Pope Francis confirmed that he would be part of a group of seven “blessed” to be proclaimed saints. The ceremony is expected to take place in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, in the presence of worshipers from all over the world.
Born September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg into a wealthy family, Viscount Charles-Eugène de Foucauld, an orphan at six, was brought up by his maternal grandfather, colonel of the French army. After studying at the Military School of Saint-Cyr, he led a dissolute life before devoting himself to an existence of faith and evangelization by example, first among the Trappist monks in Syria, in Palestine, then as a hermit among the Tuaregs in the Algerian Sahara at the beginning of the 20th century.
He has become a reference in the knowledge of these nomads, writing in particular a Tuareg-French dictionary, Ahaggar dialect which is still authoritative. Charles de Foucauld also left behind him many writings, in particular letters to his relatives and notebooks gathering his daily reflections. He died assassinated in 1916 in Tamanrasset. His beatification process began in the 1930s and he was declared “blessed” in 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.