saints and martyrs Archives

Pope prays newly beatified martyrs inspire greater fidelity to God

Apr 19, 2021

The Catholic Church’s newest blesseds are six “meek disciples of Christ,” who showed heroic courage defending the Eucharist from profanation when French troops sacked their Italian monastery in 1799 and scattered the Blessed Sacrament on the floor while searching for any valuables they could carry away, Pope Francis said.

By Catholic News Service

Remains of priest considered for sainthood coming to Kansas

Apr 12, 2021

The remains of Father Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest who died in a prison camp during the Korean War, will be returned to his native Kansas, the Catholic Diocese of Wichita announced Monday.

By Associated Press

Pope advances causes of three more Italian sisters who died of Ebola

Mar 18, 2021

Less than a month after he recognized the “heroic virtues” of three Italian women religious who died caring for Ebola patients in Congo, Pope Francis did the same for three others who also contracted the disease and died in 1995.

By Cindy Wooden

Remains of Kansas priest who died in Korean War identified

Mar 5, 2021

The remains of a Kansas priest who is being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church for his ministry during the Korean War have been identified, U.S. military officials said.

By Associated Press

Heroes of love: New pathway open for future saints

Feb 28, 2021

Pope Francis has yet to sign decrees in sainthood causes that follow the new path he approved in 2017, that of giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others.

By Carol Glatz

Religious order withdraws request to transfer founder’s remains to U.S.

Feb 26, 2021

A religious order has withdrawn its request to exhume its founder and transfer some of her remains from England to Philadelphia.

By Simon Caldwell

Some English Catholics object to transfer of nun’s remains to Philadelphia

Feb 25, 2021

More than a thousand English Catholics are objecting to the proposed transfer to the United States of the relics of an American-born nun who is on the path to sainthood.

By Simon Caldwell