Blessed Fulton J. Sheen is truly “blessed” or “fortunate” because of his communion with Jesus Christ during his life, said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in his homily during Archbishop Sheen’s …
Sainthood cause
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The Slovenian immigrant priest heroically ministered and evangelized in northern Minnesota beginning in the late 1860s until his death in 1922 at age 88.
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Cardinal Van Thuan, who is on the path to sainthood, is known for heroically enduring 13 years of imprisonment under Vietnam’s communist government.
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ARLINGTON, Va. (OSV News) — It’s been 18 years since Thomas Vander Woude gave his life to save his son Joseph from drowning in a septic tank. Now, the Arlington …
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“Building ties rather than resorting to arms” is what Robert Schuman wanted, said the postulator of the canonization cause for the French statesman.
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Interest surges in U.S. beatification of Georgia Martyrs who died defending marriage
by Katie Yoderby Katie Yoder(OSV News) — The venue for the upcoming beatification of the Georgia Martyrs is expanding to accommodate thousands more people after a surge in interest from Catholics around the U.S. and …
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(OSV News) — Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo announced July 8. “She is …
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The U.S. bishops gave a unanimous show of support to advance two American canonization causes: a pioneer missionary priest and an entrepreneur-turned-evangelist.
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(OSV News) — A religious sister who immigrated to the U.S. as a child and became known as the “fastest nun in the West” is edging a step closer to possible …
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Meet the man whose incredible recovery could lead to military chaplain’s sainthood
by Katie Yoderby Katie Yoder“He’s been around me in one way or another my whole life,” the 37-year-old from Colwich, Kansas, told OSV News. “And I never knew it.”
