As we approach All Saints Day, the lack of American saints stands out
As the Church approaches All Saints Day, it is a good time to wonder: Where are the American saints?
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by bcadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | All Saints Day, lead, News, News Analysis, saints and martyrs, U.S. Catholics | 0 |
As the Church approaches All Saints Day, it is a good time to wonder: Where are the American saints?
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2022 | Beatification, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Buffalo, miracles, News, saints and martyrs | 0 |
Venerable Nelson Baker, is a Buffalo, New York, priest who died in 1936 and is the only Civil War veteran with a sainthood cause.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Black Catholics, Cardinal Peter Turkson, New Orleans, News, Religious Sisters, saints and martyrs | 0 |
The Sisters of the Holy Family used a recent visit by Cardinal Peter Turkson to update him on the status of the sainthood cause for Mother Henriette Delille, the free woman of color who founded the congregation in New Orleans in 1842.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Catholic News Service, News, Pope Francis, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |
While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are set to be canonized together Oct. 9: Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Blessed Artemide Zatti.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Cause of Saints, News, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |
While all Christians are called to live a life of holiness, only some are recognized as having lived life in such a way that they are canonized as saints, said the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of New York, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Maryknolls, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, US Archdiocese for the Military Services, Vietnam War | 0 |
On the 55th anniversary of his death in Vietnam, Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno was remembered at a Mass celebrated in his hometown in a chapel that bears his name.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Beatification, lead, News, Pope John Paul I, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |
On Sunday, Pope Francis will beatify John Paul I, the last formal step before possible sainthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Marine Corps, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, U.S. Navy | 0 |
Members of the Father Capodanno Guild were recently startled by a recommendation from theological consultants for a “suspension” of the chaplain’s cause for sainthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 26, 2022 | Australia, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, Natural Family Planning, News, saints and martyrs | 0 |
An Australian couple who pioneered one of the world’s most successful natural fertility methods are being celebrated as potential saints.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 17, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, saints and martyrs, Spain, Spanish civil war | 0 |
An elderly nun whose head was crushed with a boulder during Spain’s 1936-1939 Civil War is to be beatified as a martyr with 26 male Dominicans in Seville cathedral.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 13, 2022 | Beatification, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Poland, saints and martyrs | 0 |
Beatifying 10 Polish nuns killed by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II, it is difficult not to think of the suffering being endured by the people of Ukraine today and the need for peace in the world, said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 9, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Korea, Korean Catholics, Korean War, News, North Korea, saints and martyrs, South Korea | 0 |
Bishops in South Korea have moved ahead to pursue the canonization of 81 Catholics, including priests, religious and laypeople who were martyred by communist forces during the Korean War.
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