Sainthood

  • May 17, 2022

Asian American Catholic woman takes pride in culture’s overlooked saints

Asian Americans are a distinct minority in the United States. Those who are Catholic make them minority within...
  • May 16, 2022

Saints’ lives prove God’s love for all, pope says at canonization Mass

The lives of the saints prove that holiness is not an unreachable goal accomplished by a select few...
  • May 11, 2022

Dutch priest proposed as patron saint of journalists

Among the 10 men and women Pope Francis will proclaim as the Catholic Church's newest saints is a...
  • May 10, 2022

Faith, fortitude, martyrdom, miracles: Pope will recognize 10 new saints

After a long pandemic pause, Pope Francis is scheduled to celebrate a Mass May 15 for the canonization...
  • May 10, 2022

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...
  • May 10, 2022

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...
  • May 3, 2022

Catholic University names street in honor of Sister Thea Bowman

Officials at The Catholic University of America dedicated and blessed a campus street April 29 named in honor...
  • April 28, 2022

Vermont parish celebrates birth of Servant of God Joseph Dutton

Why would a parish celebrate the 179th anniversary of someone's birth?...
  • April 28, 2022

Arizona group creates third-class relics of Padre Kino

As the cause for canonization of Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino -- popularly referred to as "Padre Kino"...
  • March 4, 2022

Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed Brandsma, others

Blessed Titus Brandsma, the 20th-century martyr murdered at the Dachau concentration camp, will be canonized May 15 along...