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Pope advances sainthood causes, including Brazil's 'Mother Teresa'

Tue, 14 May 2019 13:31:18 -0400

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of four men and four women, including Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, the "Mother Teresa" of Brazil.

Pope recognizes martyrdom of Romanian bishops, Italian missionary

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:29:24 -0400

VATICAN – Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of an Italian missionary killed in Myanmar and seven Romanian Catholic bishops – one of whom was secretly named a cardinal by St. Paul VI – persecuted during the communist era.

St. Patrick: The man and the legend

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:11:26 -0400

St. Patrick��Ƶapp Day is celebrated March 17, the day he died in 461. In honour of one of the more celebrated saints, here are a few items that form part of the fact and legend of the patron saint of Ireland.

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.

N.Y. court rules Archbishop Fulton Sheen's remains should be transferred to Peoria

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:52:47 -0400

PEORIA, Ill. – Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced "with great joy" March 5 that the New York State Supreme Court's Appellate Division ruled 5-0 that the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen should be transferred from New York to the Peoria Diocese.

America��Ƶapp first saint a compelling story

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:14:07 -0500

Elizabeth Seton: American Saint by Catherine O’Donnell (Cornell University Press, 552 pages, hardcover, $37.44 on Amazon.ca)

It��Ƶapp ‘sainthood or bust’ for young seminarian

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:24:09 -0500

What if Catholic men are set apart from the rest of the men in the world?

Pope advances sainthood causes of Blessed Newman, Cardinal Mindszenty

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:11:41 -0500

VATICAN – Pope Francis has signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman, the English cardinal, clearing the way for his canonization.

Mary Marrocco: The priceless power of the gift of self

marym@catholicregister.org (Mary Marrocco) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:11:00 -0500

Our collective annual engagement in gifts at Christmas-time has wound up for the year. Consumer Christmas can be frustrating and painful, but still it recognizes and develops in us the power of gift.

Jesuit Father Arrupe's sainthood cause officially opens

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:42:47 -0500

ROME – The sainthood cause of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe was formally opened in Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran Feb. 5, the 28th anniversary of Father Arrupe's death.