Faith

Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:57:17 -0400

ASSISI, Italy - Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi.

Martyred Romanian bishops symbolize church's 'resurrection from darkness'

Tue, 14 May 2019 15:30:47 -0400

WARSAW, Poland - A cardinal incarcerated for 18 years after refusing to abandon his church and a bishop thrown in an unmarked grave after starving to death in an "extermination prison" are among seven communist-era martyrs who will be beatified by Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to Romania.

Quebec nun Mother Elisabeth Turgeon the latest Canadian to be beatified

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:30:00 -0400

RIMOUSKI, QUE. - A teacher from Quebec's Lower St. Lawrence region who believed that "schools were the vestibules to the Church" was beatified April 26 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, the papal legate who came from Rome to Rimouski to proclaim her Blessed.

May 23 outdoor Mass set for beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:00:00 -0400

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador May 23, said Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop's sainthood cause.