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Italian judge latest example of Church’s new test for ‘martyrdom’
- Dec 23, 2020
Rosario Livatino, 37 at the time of his death, will become the first Italian anti-mafia judge to be beatified, following in the footsteps of Father Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi, the country’s best known anti-mafia priest, who was killed in 1993 and beatified shortly after Pope Francis’s election in 2013.
Should abuse scandals make Church ‘wait and see’ on sainthood causes?
- Dec 19, 2020
According to one University of Notre Dame professor, the revelations of the Holy See’s report on laicized ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick and the totality of the clergy sex abuse crisis are grounds enough to increase the number of years after a person dies before a sainthood cause can be opened.
Official in John Paul II’s sainthood cause says no cover-up on sex abuse
- May 16, 2020
The official responsible for Pope John Paul II’s sainthood cause says charges of cover-up for abuser clergy were investigated and “no evidence” was found.
Possible healing could advance Mother Delille’s sainthood cause
- Sep 7, 2019
For what could be the first time in the 176-year history of the Diocese of Little Rock, a diocesan tribunal submitted formal documentation to the Vatican on an alleged healing miracle of a former Arkansas college student.
Martyrdom causes of 5 Iraqis to be presented to Vatican in early September
- Aug 27, 2019
Five Iraqis killed by Islamic militants will have their causes presented to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints in early September.
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