Tag: beatification
Recognized healing of a toddler clears way for Argentine Cardinal Eduardo...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has recognized the miraculous healing of a toddler in Argentina as the miracle needed for the beatification of Argentine...
Venerable Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, called ‘greatest model for evangelization the...
BALTIMORE -- When Deacon B. Curtis Turner received word that Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange had moved a step closer to sainthood, he hoped to...
Father Franciszek Blachnicki’s exhumed body confirms he was killed by communist...
Polish church leaders have welcomed renewed calls for the beatification of a popular priest, Father Franciszek Blachnicki (1921-1987), following official confirmation that he was...
Mass remembering Archbishop Fulton Sheen offers chance to mourn loss of...
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Mass at the tomb of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen on the 41st anniversary of his death Dec. 9 also was...
Newly beatified Blessed Michael McGivney’s vocation is subject of virtual discussion...
St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore will launch a virtual discussion series in honor of the beatification of an alumnus — Blessed Michael...
Illinois school named after Blessed Michael McGivney connects virtually to celebrate...
WASHINGTON -- On the day Blessed Michael McGivney was beatified in a cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, a prayer service to celebrate the event took...
Pope Francis puts Father Michael McGivney, founder of Knights of Columbus,...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing...
Beatification for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen postponed
PEORIA, Ill. — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Dec. 3 Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton...
Martyred Romanian bishops symbolize church’s ‘resurrection from darkness’
WARSAW, Poland — A Romanian cardinal incarcerated for 18 years after refusing to abandon his church and a bishop thrown in an unmarked grave...