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For the first time in eight centuries, the mortal remains of St. Francis of Assisi are being exposed for an extended period of public veneration.

Here are five married couples who are saints today because they lived out a vocation of love for each other — and for God.

The pope’s visit is “a historic recognition of St. Charbel’s role in the world and a powerful message of support and hope for a country in crisis.”

Dozens of saints or people on the path to sainthood have been considered incorrupt.

Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), was promulgated Oct. 9, the feast day of St. John Henry Newman.

The two-act musical “Bernadette of Lourdes” will begin an American tour in 2026, and a video of the show in French with subtitles will be in theaters Sept. 28-29, 2025.

A USCCB mental health initiative, St. Thérèse of Lisieux relics, a St. Maximilian Kolbe film, OSV News interviews with cardinals and more among this week’s coverage.

In photos: Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 7 for the canonizations of Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis.

The annual festival, attended by thousands, honors the moving of the body of St. Rose of Viterbo, the city’s patron saint, to her final resting place.

Soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is a fresh “shoot” budding from the 800-year-old spiritual “vine” of Sts. Francis and Clare in Assisi, said the rector of the shrine housing the millennial …