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A surfing saint? Pope Francis recognizes the heroic virtue of Guido Schäffer
Brazil’s “Surfer Angel” was a seminarian, a doctor, and a surfer who drowned while surfing in 2009 off the coast... Read more
Pope Francis puts a priest, three religious women, and two laywomen on path for sainthood
Each “Venerable” now needs a miracle attributed to his or her intercession to be approved by the Vatican in order... Read more
Process of beatification begins for Carmen Hernández, co-founder of Neocatechumenal Way
The beatification and canonization process for Carmen Hernández, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way, officially opens this Sunday. Read more
Father Willie Doyle’s cause: fearless in his faith on Flanders Fields
Father Willie Doyle was an inspiring yet unassuming Irish World War I chaplain. Now his cause for canonization has been... Read more
Will war chaplain Willie Doyle be Ireland’s next saint?
Doyle was an Irish military chaplain for the British Army who served heroically on the battlefields of World War I... Read more
Was this Michigan grandfather on a mission from God?
Irving “Francis” Houle was a Michigan father of five known for his holy life. He appeared to bear the stigmata,... Read more
Fulton Sheen remains will move to Peoria, NY archdiocese says
The Archdiocese of New York will work to help transfer the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a spokesman for the... Read more
Tennessee diocese seeks to exhume remains of pastor on path to sainthood
The Diocese of Knoxville is seeking to unearth the remains of a Tennessee pastor whose canonization cause is currently open.... Read more
Runaway slave-turned-priest moves closer to beatification
The first African American priest in the U.S. could become the country’s first African American saint as his cause took... Read more
This Native American is officially on the path to sainthood
Lakota medicine man turned Catholic catechist Nicholas Black Elk has begun the path to potential canonization with a Mass in... Read more
No, Pope Francis did not beatify Roberto Clemente
Sports fans in the U.S. and beyond may be disappointed to learn that reports of baseball Hall-of-Famer Roberto Clemente being... Read more
