Beatification

Blessed Eliswa is “a source of inspiration for all those who work, in the Church and in society, for the dignity of women,” the pope said.

The beatification Mass “revealed the beauty of Christ’s church, which has always had and continues to have witnesses like Archbishop Profittlich.”

“Faith and charity,” St. John Paul said, “transformed him into a joyful, enthusiastic apostle of Christ, a passionate follower of his message and charity.”

The beatification cause for Sister Annella Zervas, a Benedictine sister from Minnesota, will formally begin this fall, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, announced Aug. 20.

“Since he was a Christian, he prayed. He thought of others and he chose to be honest, saying no to the filth of corruption.”

Pope Leo XIV also signed seven other decrees for causes.

Rather than flee the Soviet violence in 1945, heroic Polish sisters chose to remain with those they cared for. They were beatified in Braniewo May 31.

1. All speeches and messages from Pope Leo XIV since his May 8 election are available on the Vatican website and should be consulted before sharing alleged quotes or videos, …

On Feb. 27, 1938, during a Sunday morning Mass for children, Father Streich was gunned down by a radical communist during the consecration of the Eucharist.

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 …