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Case for military chaplain’s sainthood could soon advance
- Feb 18, 2020
An effort to have a Kansas priest who died in a North Korean prison camp reach sainthood could take an important step forward next month.
New martyrs include religious priests, laity martyred in 20th century
- Jan 24, 2020
Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of six religious priests and brothers and seven laypeople who were killed in the 20th century “in hatred of the faith,” clearing the way for their beatification.
Behind a gentle Salvadoran bishop, a legacy in defense of the poor
- Dec 6, 2019
At 51, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar is the youngest prelate of El Salvador, and one notably influenced by his country’s Catholic martyrs.
Archdiocese breaks ground, blesses site of Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine
- Nov 7, 2019
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley broke ground Nov. 3 for the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in south Oklahoma City.
Pope signs decrees in causes for St. John Paul’s mentor, two martyrs
- Oct 3, 2019
Pope Francis recognized the miracle needed for the beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, a mentor and friend of St. John Paul II.
Investigation underway into cause for sainthood for martyrs of Burundi
- Aug 20, 2019
The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi are the focus of a recently opened investigation into their sainthood cause.
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