On January 21, Pope Francis issued a decree declaring Saint Irenaeus as a Doctor of the Church, having accepted a related proposal of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. In a new In Focus, ...
Pope Francis received a formal recommendation to declare St. Irenaeus of Lyon a doctor of the church, the Vatican said.
During a meeting with Pope Francis Jan. 20, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for ...
Pope Francis said he intends to declare as a doctor of the church St. Irenaeus of Lyon, the second-century theologian known for his defense of orthodoxy amid the rise of gnostic sects.
During a meeting Oct. ...