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 of Europe’s foremost centers for the sight-impaired took a step closer to sainthood Sept. 12.
Padre Kino, missionary on sainthood path, is recognized as symbol of unity
For Rafael Barceló Durazo, who grew up across the border from Arizona in the Mexican state of Sonora, Venerable Father Eusebio Kino is a symbol of unity.
British Museum exhibit on St. Thomas Becket gives sympathetic look at past
In a gallery of The British Museum, light plays on an array of medieval crosses, reliquaries and manuscripts, as an audiovisual display reenacts one of English history’s most notorious crimes.
President’s daughter sees connections to Mother Seton in her life’s journey
Luci Baines Johnson gets asked sometimes why she identifies so much with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, but, she said, that’s the wrong question. “The question for me is not why I identify with Elizabeth Ann Seton, but how on earth else could I not?” she said. “She resonates with me.”
Saints accompany, intercede for Christians in prayer, pope says
Christians are never alone in prayer but instead are accompanied by myriad saints who protect them and seek God’s intercession, Pope Francis said.
From one shepherd to another: A Salvadoran bishop honors St. Romero in book
As a child, he frequently listened to the pastor’s homilies on the radio and was enraptured by the voice of the archbishop.
Shrine welcomes treasured items that belonged to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The faded black bonnet with its gently ruffled frill once framed the face of the nation’s first American-born saint.
Kansas Catholics recall priest’s wartime ministry, heroism in POW camp
William Hansen kept his silence for over 50 years about being one of the POWs who buried Father Emil Kapaun’s body after the priest died May 23, 1951.
Remains of Father Emil Kapaun, Korean War military chaplain, identified
A U.S. government forensic team announced March 4 it has identified the remains of Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, who was an Army chaplain and died in a Chinese prisoner-of-war camp during the Korean War.
Heroes of love: New pathway open for future saints
Pope Francis has yet to sign decrees in sainthood causes that follow the new path he approved in 2017, that of giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others.
