Sainthood

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed the martyrdom and heroic virtues of five others …

(OSV News) — “Prayer works … and God is always listening to our prayers,” said a Los Angeles priest, who as a seminarian experienced a miraculous healing that led to …

INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) — On the second night of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 18, close to 50,000 Catholics prayed together, listened to touching personal testimonies and were …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OSV News) — The final day of the U.S. bishops’ June 12-14 Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville seemed poised to be routine with votes on pastoral frameworks and …

(OSV News) — Losing a young child. Struggling in a troubled marriage with an alcoholic husband. Separating, starting a nursing career in midlife, downsizing to a rental apartment and becoming …

(OSV News) — St. Frances Xavier Cabrini faced life-threatening health struggles and a crippling fear of water due to a near-drowning experience. And yet, she founded an order of missionary …

By Christopher Gunty BALTIMORE (OSV News) — When three members of St. Ann Parish in East Baltimore sat down with leaders of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints at …

By Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) — In these times of violence and hatred around the world, following St. Thérèse’s of Lisieux confidence is crucial to the world regaining …

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — The mother of an Italian teen on the road to sainthood recently toured several U.S. parishes to kindle increased devotion to the Eucharist, which was “the …

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 …