A man who scrubbed toilets and shoveled sidewalks at Cretin-Derham Hall High School is on his way to becoming a saint, and the school is celebrating his beatification by elevating his presence on campus and ...
As the Church anticipates his beatification, we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the priestly ordination of one of America’s most beloved bishops.
Bishop Daniel Jenky, C.S.C., of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois announced that he received notification from the Vatican today that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, has called for Venerable Servant of God Fulton J. Sheen’s ...
On Nov. 12, the U.S. bishops expressed support that St. Irenaeus of Lyon be declared a Doctor of the Church. Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, chairman of the USCCB ...
In the fourth installment of the series on biographies of the saints, Leonard J. DeLorenzo examines two works about saints, “Oscar Romero and The Communion of Saints,” by Scott Wright with Octavio Duran, and “Bakhita: ...
St. Mark Ji Tianxiang struggled with opium addiction for almost half of his 66 years of life. A committed Catholic, St. Mark Ji continually confessed to smoking opium, but the graces of the sacrament were ...
In this week’s Openers, managing editor Scott Warden writes about Pope Francis’ tweet giving thanks for the newly canonized saints but accidently and automatically embedded a fleur-de-lis — the logo of the New Orleans Saints. ...
In this third installment in a series on biographies of the saints, we examine two works about saints that were written by saints: “The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi” by fellow Franciscan, Saint Bonaventure, ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saints are people who recognized their need for God’s help, who took risks to discover God’s will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, Pope Francis said. ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican hung banners of the Catholic Church’s newly canonized saints four days before the Mass that officially recognized they are in heaven with God. While the hanging of the banners ...
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