Faith

Pope Francis says he'll canonize Acutis, Frassati, host meeting on child's rights

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:31:13 -0500

Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child Feb. 3.

Saints served generously, creatively, Pope Francis says at canonization Mass

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:50:14 -0400

Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs.

Blessed Paradis among 14 new saints

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:52:10 -0400

The celebration of World Mission Sunday will see Pope Francis declare Canadian Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 13 others as new saints.

Truly a saint for his time

qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 30 May 2024 08:56:12 -0400

Carlo Acutis loved playing Pokémon and Super Mario on his PlayStation. He kicked the soccer ball around with his friends. In the most frequently seen photo of the young man, he is pictured in a red polo shirt.

Pope Francis recognizes miracle needed for Church's first 'millennial' saint

Thu, 23 May 2024 08:42:27 -0400

Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first "millennial" to become a saint.

Pope Francis declares Cardinal Newman, four others saints

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 08:21:51 -0400

VATICAN CITY -- 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.

Banners unfurled in St. Peter's Square in preparation for canonizations

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:18:25 -0400

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican hung banners of the Catholic Church's newly canonized saints four days before the Mass that would officially recognize that they are in heaven with God.

Healed aneurysm investigated as possible miracle for Creole nun's beatification

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 14:19:20 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNA) -- In December 2017, 19 year-old Arkansas college student Christine McGee was rushed to the hospital by her mother.

Newman left deep impression on cardinal

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:03:45 -0400

Among the invited bishops and cardinals present and praying at the Oct. 13 canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman will be perhaps his biggest Canadian fan, Toronto Archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins.

Canonization Mass in October will bring seven new saints including Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:25:32 -0500

VATICAN CITY — Like Pope Paul VI and Blessed John Paul II often did, Pope Benedict XVI will mark World Mission Sunday in October by creating new saints.

In the United States and Canada, many people are aware that the saints to be proclaimed Oct. 21 at the Vatican include Blessed Marianne Cope of Molokai and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha.