Chiavenna: An Italian nun who was stabbed to death by three teenage girls was beatified, after Pope Francis declared her a martyr, killed “in hatred of the faith.” Sister Maria Laura Mainetti was beatified on June 6, the eleventh anniversary of her murder, in Chiavenna, the northern Italian town. PresidingContinue Reading
By Cindy Wooden Vatican City, May 28, 2020: Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification. While the Vatican announced May 27 that Pope Francis had signed the decree, it did notContinue Reading
Thousands of Christians will attend the beatification of Sister Rani Maria in Indore on Saturday, Nov 4 Clarist Sister Rani Maria Vattalil, 41, was stabbed in front of more than 50 bus passengers on a remote road in Madhya Pradesh state on February 25, 1995, as she traveled to herContinue Reading
Dublin,Ireland: The beatification of Jesuit priest Fr John Sullivan at the St Francis Xavier church on Dublin’s Gardiner Street Saturday morning is at once a tribute to the cordinal relations among churches in the city but also to the distance Rome itself has travelled ecumenically these recent years. Nurtured andContinue Reading
This group includes martyrs of the 1901 Jeju massacre and victims persecution following Korea divisionContinue Reading
Sr Rani Maria’s mortal remains were shifted to a churchContinue Reading
Romero oversaw the diocese of San Salvador from 1977 until March 24, 1980, when he was shot and killedContinue Reading
