Beatification

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — Father Moisés Lira Serafin has been beatified in a ceremony at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in his native Mexico, where he is …

(OSV NEWS) — Amid concerns of impending conflict, Catholic clergy and political leaders drew together in Lebanon to celebrate the joyful beatification of Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy (also known as …

Five years ago, on April 15, flames engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral.  It had long been on my bucket list of places to visit. I remember watching online videos of the …

(OSV News) — Poland’s church is seeking the beatification of a young lay missionary, who was stabbed to death in a bungled robbery shortly after starting work with Catholic nuns …

MARKOWA, Poland (OSV News) — In one of the most significant moments in Polish post-war history, the Ulma family was beatified in Markowa Sept. 10. “I think it will only …

(Editor’s note: This version includes updates based on information clarified on Sept. 5.) KRAKÓW, Poland (OSV News) — Mateusz Szpytma has always been fascinated by history. “I was looking at …

Last weekend, all eyes were on Pope Francis and his trip to Mongolia, of which he said, “I’ve been to the heart of Asia, and it has done me good.” …

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With a beatification Mass for the Ulma family set for Sept. 10, the Vatican emphasized that all nine members of the Polish family …

UPDATE 9/5/2023: The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints clarified Sept. 5 that in including the Ulmas’ seventh child in the family’s Sept. 10 beatification, it had considered the child …