Here's what’s special about the Ulma family beatification

On Sunday, nine members of a single family will be beatified, but that's not the only reason their case is special

On Sunday, Sept. 10, Vatican Cardinal Marcello Semeraro will preside over the beatification of nine members of a single family.

A photo taken around 1943 by Józef Ulma of his wife, Wiktoria, and six of their children. Public Domain.

It’s widely believed that this will be the first time that a whole family has been raised to the altars at one time.

But that…