Saints

COMING THURSDAY: The Crux ‘Saints Madness’ brackets
- Mar 16, 2015
Like many Catholics, you probably have a small stable of saints to whom you pray regularly. Perhaps there are several saints you particularly admire for what they preached, who they saved, or even how they died. Now’s your chance to show your preferences by voting for your favorite saints in

By Crux Staff
Pope celebrates Canadian saints, including a working mom
- Oct 12, 2014
ROME — During the weekend break of the Oct. 5-19 Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving in St. Peter’s Basilica for the recent canonization of two new Canadian saints, St. Francois de Laval and St. Marie of the Incarnation. Both are cases of what’s

By Inés San Martín
A few facts about the beatification process
- Oct 4, 2014
Saturday’s beatification of a New Jersey nun credited with curing a boy’s eye ailment marks another step in a process that started nearly 70 years ago. Here are a few facts about the process: Q: What is beatification? A: Beatification is the third of four steps to become a saint.

By Associated Press

Church beatifies New Jersey nun
- Oct 4, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey nun credited with curing a boy’s eye disease is moving a step closer to sainthood with her beatification. A beatification Mass for Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, who died in 1927 at age 26, was being led Saturday by Cardinal Angelo Amato at the Cathedral

By Associated Press
The case for sainthood for Pope Paul VI
- Oct 4, 2014
Google “Pope Paul VI” and “beatification” and you won’t find yourself slogging through a blizzard of news. It appears that his upcoming beatification, to be celebrated in Rome Oct. 19 as the final step before sainthood, is doomed to relative obscurity even before it happens. Neglect isn’t a new experience

By Thomas D. Williams
Venezuelans looking to ‘Holy Thugs’ for protection
- Oct 2, 2014
They gather in the cemetery, sometimes by the dozens, kneeling in prayer, drinking liquor and smoking cigarettes as offerings to the small statue of the long-dead robber Ismael. Ismael is a member of Venezuela’s pantheon of “Santos Malandros” — or Holy Thugs. The faithful believe these former criminals are seeking

By Associated Press