Canonization

  • September 9, 2025

New young saints encourage faithful to live life to the full, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow...
  • September 8, 2025

Local Catholic finds third-row seat at historic canonization

St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City spilled over with thousands of spectators on Sunday, Sept. 7 as Pope...
  • May 23, 2023

Pope advances sainthood cause of Italian priest shot for saving Jews

Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian priest shot by Nazi soldiers after they discovered he...
  • February 23, 2023

Six sainthood candidates, including two lay women, closer to canonization

Pope Francis has moved six candidates for sainthood closer to canonization....
  • January 19, 2023

Pope advances sainthood causes of six candidates, including a poet

Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of a Spanish poet-priest who was a member of the Spanish...
  • December 19, 2022

Pope advances sainthood causes, including first ‘martyr’ of charity

Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of members of a Polish family who were sheltering a Jewish family during...
  • October 18, 2022

Cardinal visits New Orleans congregation whose founder is up for sainthood

The Sisters of the Holy Family used a recent visit by Cardinal Peter Turkson to update him on...
  • October 10, 2022

Refusal to help migrants is ‘sinful, criminal,’ pope says at canonization

The refusal to help desperate migrants "is revolting, it's sinful, it's criminal," Pope Francis said as he canonized...
  • October 4, 2022

Pope to canonize founder of Scalabrinians, Salesian pharmacist

While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are...
  • September 20, 2022

Cardinal: Candidates for sainthood must be inspirational models of holiness

While all Christians are called to live a life of holiness, only some are recognized as having lived...