August 26, 2026

Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Tag: Beatification

God’s mailman: Blessed John Paul always delivered Gospel with a smile

As the sainthood cause of Blessed John Paul I reached a major milestone with his beatification at the...

Blessed John Paul I, ‘the smiling pope,’ showed God’s goodness, pope says

Beatifying Blessed John Paul I, Pope Francis praised the late pope for showing the world God's goodness and...

Pope John Paul I’s teaching echoed ‘faith of the apostles,’ pope says

Pope John Paul I's time as pope, although brief, remains an important example of the beauty and simplicity...

Peruvian martyr who put faith in peace takes step toward sainthood

Good Shepherd Sister María Agustina Rivas Lopez, who was murdered by terrorists during Peru's political violence, was beatified...

September 2022 date set for beatification of John Paul I

Pope Francis will beatify Pope John Paul I Sept. 4, 2022, at the Vatican, according to Stefania Falasca,...

Grassroots effort calls on pope to canonize six Black sainthood candidates

When Sister Rita Michelle Proctor was a young child, she was taught by the Oblate Sisters of Providence...

Lejeune was a servant of life, love and truth, postulator says

One of the most important "servants of life in the world" was the late French geneticist, Jérôme Lejeune,...

Recognizing miracle, pope clears way for beatification of John Paul I

Pope Francis has signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I,...

Pilgrims flock to beatified teen’s tomb in Assisi ahead of feast day

Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian teenager whose use...

Polish cardinal, blind Franciscan who knew each other beatified together

The archbishop who steered Poland's Catholic Church through communist rule and a blind Franciscan nun who founded one...