Tag: beatification

The history of the Church in the United States is a chronicle of evangelization. Most of the Americans in the eternal hall of fame are...

Finally. The scandal is finally over. First, the real reason to celebrate. Fulton J. Sheen will finally be beatified, making him the first native-born American...

The beatification cause for Sister Annella Zervas, a Benedictine sister from Minnesota, will formally begin this fall, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota,...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has recognized the miraculous healing of a toddler in Argentina as the miracle needed for the beatification of Argentine...

BALTIMORE -- When Deacon B. Curtis Turner received word that Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange had moved a step closer to sainthood, he hoped to...

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...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A Mass at the tomb of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen on the 41st anniversary of his death Dec. 9 also was...

St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore will launch a virtual discussion series in honor of the beatification of an alumnus — Blessed Michael...

WASHINGTON   -- On the day Blessed Michael McGivney was beatified in a cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, a prayer service to celebrate the event took...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing...