An official closing session of the diocesan phase of the canonization process followed the Feb. 9 Mass, where the cause’s leaders ceremoniously sealed several boxes containing the diocesan phase’s documents …
Saints’ Causes
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The path to beatification for Archbishop Sheen has been anything but smooth.
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“It’s pretty cool,” James recently told OSV News, adding that having a role in Archbishop Sheen’s sainthood cause makes him feel “special.”
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Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history.
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Venerable Fulton J. Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced Feb. 9.
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His beatification had been scheduled for Dec. 21, 2019, in Peoria, Illinois, before its postponement, a move that was scandalous, given the stage of the cause.
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As Venezuelans await the upcoming canonization of the South American country’s first saints — Blessed José Gregório Hernández and Blessed María Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez — both the church and …
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Vatican decree on 19th-century doctor’s canonization leaves Venezuelans rejoicing
by Manuel Ruedaby Manuel RuedaVenezuelan Catholics celebrate announcement Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, a 19th-century physician known as “the doctor of the poor,” will be canonized.
