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Pope approves miracle for late US Archbishop Sheen
- Jul 6, 2019
Pope Francis has approved a miracle bringing the late American Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, known for his revolutionary radio and TV preaching, closer to sainthood.

By Associated Press
Mexico celebrates beatification of first laywoman
- May 6, 2019
As the sounds of music and applause echoed throughout the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, the Catholic Church in Mexico celebrated the first beatification of a laywoman in the country.

By Junno Arocho Esteves
Argentine martyrs’ road to beatification recalls period of military rule
- Apr 9, 2019
Bishop Enrique Angelelli Carletti, two priests — Conventual Franciscan Father Gabriel Longueville and Father Carlos de Dios Murias — and Wenceslao Pedernera, a pastoral worker, will be beatified on April 27. They are the Martyrs of La Rioja, victims of Argentina’s military regime in the 1970s.

By David Agren

Pope recognizes martyrdom of Romanian bishops, Italian missionary
- Mar 20, 2019
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.

By Carol Glatz
Catholic monks killed in Algeria’s civil war are beatified
- Dec 8, 2018
A cardinal dispatched by the Vatican is holding a beatification ceremony for 19 monks, nuns and other Catholics who were killed during Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s.

By Associated Press
Bishop of Algiers: Martyrs’ beatification can unite Christians, Muslims
- Dec 7, 2018
The beatifications of 19 martyrs in Algeria will be a “great joy” to the Church and will help unite Christians and Muslims of the country, said a French-Algerian archbishop.

By Catholic News Service

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