Faith

Canadian Sister Marie-Leonie Paradis to be canonized on Oct. 20

canadiancatholicnews@catholicregister.org (Canadian Catholic News) — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:10:47 -0400

Canadian Sister Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis, founder of the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family of Sherbrooke, will be declared a saint on Oct. 20.

Prince Charles to attend Newman��Ƶapp canonization in Rome

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:26:52 -0400

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Prince Charles will attend the canonization of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman next month.

Chicago woman's healing is miracle in Cardinal Newman's sainthood cause

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 09:20:35 -0400

CHICAGO -- A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a "constant dialogue" and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago.

Blessed John Henry Newman canonization set for Rome Oct. 13

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:09:51 -0400

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will declare Blessed John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British cardinal, a saint Oct. 13.

Indian congregation joyfully awaits its founder's canonization

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:31:38 -0400

THRISSUR, India – For the nearly 2,000 sisters and 200 women in formation who make up the Congregation of the Holy Family, the long wait is over.

Pope Francis pushes sainthood causes for 17 women

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:31:16 -0500

VATICAN – Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War.

Fr. Raymond de Souza: Long line of martyr-bishops marked by men of no fear

fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:27:42 -0400

VATICAN – The twin canonizations — along with five others — of Pope St. Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero prompted many to look for similarities between the two. But the more suggestive similarity is between “San Romero” — as they call him in El Salvador — and the pope whose 40th anniversary is marked this week.

Relics offer physical reminder that saints were real people, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:29:11 -0400

VATICAN – Pope Francis and many people attending the canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square were alive when St. Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero were alive, but the new saints' relics and those of five other people canonized Oct. 14 still were present at the Mass as reminders that the saints were flesh-and-blood people who lived holy lives.

Vatican pilgrims at canonization support their local 'heroes'

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:35:14 -0400

VATICAN CITY – As the sun rose over the Tiber River, seven banners hanging on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica depicting the church's newest saints were illuminated by the new day.

Saints risk all to follow Jesus with love, Pope says at canonization Mass

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:36:14 -0400

VATICAN – Carrying Pope Paul VI's pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church.