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- May 9, 2021
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Pope approves canonizations, but doesn’t set date because of pandemic
- May 3, 2021
The sainthood causes of seven men and women — including the hermit Blessed Charles de Foucauld and the Indian martyr Devasahayam Pillai — cleared their final hurdle May 3 during an “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.
Pope advances sainthood cause of Italian judge killed by Mafia
- Dec 22, 2020
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and seven men, including an Italian judge who was murdered by the infamous Sicilian Mafia.
Pope advances causes of four 20th-century martyrs
- Oct 29, 2020
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of five men and four women, including four 20th-century martyrs killed in Brazil, Turkey and Italy.
Pope brings seven people closer to sainthood
- Oct 1, 2020
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of four Spanish martyrs, an Italian laywoman and two Spanish nuns who founded religious orders.
Pope advances sainthood causes of two women, three men
- Jul 13, 2020
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of two women and three men, including an Italian laywoman who was once believed to be demonically possessed because of her violent convulsions after drinking unsafe water.
Road to beatification for priest-founder of Knights runs through Tennessee
- Jun 13, 2020
The miracle attributed to Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, took place in Tennessee.
‘Positio’ for sainthood cause for Boys Town founder presented to Vatican
- Jul 24, 2019
The sainthood cause of Father Edward J. Flanagan took a step forward July 22 with the presentation of the “positio” to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes, along with a letter of support from Omaha Archbishop George J. Lucas.
Pope advances sainthood causes for U.S. priest, Spanish martyrs
- Jun 12, 2019
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, who was the first African American diocesan priest in the United States and founder of the first black Catholic parish in Chicago.
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