Category: Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Archbishop: Despite cause’s setback, Capodanno’s example is ‘uplifting for the whole Church’

by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Americas, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, Catholic news, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Fr. Vincent Capodanno, Military, Military chaplains, News, News Briefs | 0 |

Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA praised Servant of God Vincent Capodanno at a memorial Mass marking the 55th anniversary of the death of the heroic chaplain Sept. 6, 2022. / Courtesy of Archdiocese …

Pope to set date for canonizations at consistory

by bcadmin | May 23, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, News, Pope Francis, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonization of Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, founder of the Scalabrinian missionaries, dispensing the requirement of a miracle attributed to his intercession, the Vatican announced.

Pope advances sainthood causes, including Salesian brother

by bcadmin | Apr 11, 2022 | Canonizations, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, lead, News, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Artémides Zatti, a Salesian brother who was a pharmacist in Argentina and known for his care for the sick; the miracle clears the way for his canonization.

Pope advances causes of four religious, cardinal who organized first WYDs

by bcadmin | Feb 18, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, News, saints and martyrs, Vatican, World Youth Day | 0 |

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, the prelate who organized and oversaw the first six international celebrations of World Youth Day.

Pope receives proposal to declare St. Irenaeus a doctor of the church

by bcadmin | Jan 20, 2022 | Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Doctors, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis received a formal recommendation to declare St. Irenaeus of Lyon a doctor of the church, the Vatican said.

Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed de Foucauld, others

by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2021 | Canonizations, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, miracles, News, Pope Francis, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |

Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six other candidates for sainthood finally will be canonized May 15, 2022, the Vatican announced Nov. 9.

Vatican publishes regulations for official promoters of sainthood causes

by bcadmin | Oct 15, 2021 | Canon Law, Canonization, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, miracles, News, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |

A cardinal or bishop who is a member of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes and anyone officially appointed as a consultant to the congregation cannot serve as the postulator or official promoter of a candidate’s cause for sainthood.

Recognizing miracle, pope clears way for beatification of John Paul I

by bcadmin | Oct 13, 2021 | Beatification, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, miracles, News, Pope John Paul I, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis has signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I, clearing the way for his beatification.

Msgr. Jason Gray: Canonized saints are more than ‘someone who’s in heaven’

by bcadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Canonized saints, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Diocese of Peoria, Msgr. Jason Gray, News, Practicing Catholic, Saints | 0 |

When Msgr. Jason Gray of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, worked for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints — which oversees the canonization process — it was often said that the process was the most democratic in the Church.

‘Father of European unity’ on path to canonization

by bcadmin | Jun 19, 2021 | Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Europe, Martyrs, News, Pope Francis, religious, Robert Schuman, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis on Saturday advanced Robert Schuman’s cause for sainthood, authorizing a decree of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints recognizing the French statesman’s heroic virtues. Born in Luxembourg in 1886, Schuman became a French citizen in 1919 and immediately involved himself in politics. He served in various French governments, rising to prominence following

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Heaven doesn’t need saints canonized, people do, cardinal says

by bcadmin | May 4, 2021 | Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, News, saints and m, Vatican | 0 |

The Catholic Church’s proclamation of new saints demonstrates that it is possible for men and women to live holy lives and that God is present and at work in the world, said the prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes.

Pope prays newly beatified martyrs inspire greater fidelity to God

by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Italy, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Italy, Martyrs, News, Pope Francis, saints and martyrs, Vatican | 0 |

The Catholic Church’s newest blesseds are six “meek disciples of Christ,” who showed heroic courage defending the Eucharist from profanation when French troops sacked their Italian monastery in 1799 and scattered the Blessed Sacrament on the floor while searching for any valuables they could carry away, Pope Francis said.