Warsaw Ten Polish nuns have been approved for beatification as martyrs 76 years after they were killed while resisting rape and facing other atrocities by Soviet soldiers in the final months of World War II. “This will show how courage and devotion are linked to saintliness. It’s been an explosionContinue Reading
Rome: A Victorian nun known as ‘the Mother Teresa of Manchester’ is on course to become Britain’s second saint of modern times as the Pope approves her for the title of ‘venerable.’ Elizabeth Prout, who died 155 years ago, has been hailed by Vatican theologians as a figure who livedContinue Reading
The Vatican has given its permission for the opening of the sainthood cause of an Iraqi priest and three deacons who were murdered by armed gunmen in Mosul. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes gave the “nihil obstat” (“no objection”), permitting a diocesan bishop to open a local inquiry into aContinue Reading
Thrissur: Kerala is closer to getting another saint, thanks to Christopher’s survival story. Little Christopher was baptized the day he was born. The doctors feared he would not live long to be baptized in the normal way. The child’s lungs were underdeveloped. His heart had three holes. He could have died any day. But theContinue Reading
Madrid, Spain : “Emilia is a martyr of suffering, because she died some 10 days after giving birth for lack of medical attention, clutching her rosary. She had a chance to apostatize, to betray the one who taught her the faith, but she did not. She’s an example,” Historian MartinContinue Reading
Rome: Two of the visionaries of the Marian apparitions of Fatima – young shepherds Jacinta and Francisco Marto – will be canonized by Pope Francis when he visits the Portuguese shrine in May. The Vatican announced the pontiff approved the miracle attributed to their intercession on Thursday, the final stepContinue Reading
Vatican City : The Vatican has formally started proceedings for canonisation of Servant of God, Capuchin Friar, Fr. Theophane Koodalloor. The canonisation process was initiated at Vatican by Fr. Carlo Calloni, the General Postulator . The formal process from Archdiocese of Verapoly in Kerala was completed on Oct 24 thContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis on 21 January authorized the promulgation of 8 decrees, recognizing a miracle and heroic virtues of 7 men and a woman, taking them a step closer to sainthood. Among the 7 heroic virtues, who have now been conferred the title ‘Venerable Servant of God’, is Fr. Francesco Convertini anContinue Reading
Quincy, USA: A priest and former slave who served in Chicago and western Illinois in the late 1800s is a step closer to becoming a saint. Father Augustus Tolton was the first Catholic priest in the U.S. publicly known to be black in 1886. Born a slave in Missouri, hisContinue Reading
Milan, Italy: On Thursday, November 24, 2016, Cardinal Angelo Scola closed the diocesesan phase in the canonization process for Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia. He was a well-loved teenager who devoted himself to prayer and daily Mass as well as computer programming, filmContinue Reading