Tag: canonization

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will...

We are greatly blessed by the contributions of Black Catholics in the church in the United States, particularly their illuminating legacy of holiness. The...

VATICAN CITY  -- Although Pope Francis usually takes the month of July off -- except for leading the recitation of the Angelus on Sundays...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in...

VATICAN CITY -- As doctors were preparing to certify the brain death of a Brazilian man in 2010, members of a local Catholic charismatic...

Argentina will get its first home-grown female saint in early 2024 with the canonization of Blessed María Antonia de San José. The Vatican announced Oct....

Jake Finkbonner first decided to become a medical doctor when he was in middle school. "I'd love to help people the same way that so...

WASHINGTON -- For the world-renowned emblems of the Catholic faith, such as St. Teresa of Kolkata, elevation to sainthood comes fairly quickly following their...

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Bishop David D. Kagan of Bismarck announced June 16 the diocese will open an investigation into "the holiness of life and...

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- When Carmelite Father Michael Driscoll was a young man 50 years ago, he started reading and collecting articles about Father...