Sainthood cause

The pope also signed decrees recognizing the martyrdom of 11 Spaniards and the heroic virtues of three other candidates during an audience at the Vatican Dec. 18.

Ruth is remembered for her pro-life work, which included founding pro-life groups, giving talks and serving as president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life.

Pope Francis added the “offering of one’s life” as a new, distinct path to sainthood in his 2017 apostolic letter, “Maiorem hac dilectionem.”

‘When this project is completed, we will see many, many visitors — many more than we currently have — coming to visit and to experience Fulton Sheen.”

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Organizers of the sainthood cause for an Irish Jesuit priest who was killed while trying to save two Protestant soldiers on a World War I battlefield, and …

The bishop of Colorado Springs would “study and discern”whether to open a sainthood cause for a teenager who was killed after he tackled the shooter during a school shooting

STACY, Minn. (OSV News) — In the early night of Oct. 25, 2024, Claire Souilliart, a devout 32-year-old living in Calais, France, experienced an intense pain in her chest.  “I thought …

Young people are especially drawn to Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized April 27, 2025.

ROME (OSV News) — They were novices together, sharing joys and hardships of religious vocations. Now, American Sister Kristen Gardner took on a task of diving into the life and virtues …