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Pope advances sainthood cause of heroic young mother
August 31, 2021
Pope Francis has advanced the cause for sainthood of a young mother who sacrificed her own life to save her unborn child. The Pontiff recognised the “heroic virtues” of Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin, who died from cancer in 1995 at the age of 26 years after she refused chemotherapy for herself so her unborn son,
Sometimes We Must Speak Ill of the Dead
March 03, 2021
Sometimes we need to speak ill of the dead. We may need to speak critically when the dead is a public figure whose memory his ideological allies use to promote their cause. When political people memorialize him in a way that establishes their favored political narrative. We must criticize to try to establish the truth. And as Catholics, we should be critical for another reason.
Pope Francis creates new path to sainthood: offering life for others
July 11, 2017
People who lived a good Catholic life and who freely accepted a certain and premature death for the good of others will now be considered for beatification
Remains of African-American slave moved to Denver cathedral in step towards sainthood
June 09, 2017
US bishops voted to allow that Julia Greeley, a Missouri-born domestic worker, be investigated for a possible sainthood
Books blog: A common sense introduction to Chesterton
May 24, 2016
Chesterton 'addresses the narrowness and slipperiness of modern thinking', says the author of a new guide to his work
Friends of Dorothy Day commend important step in her sainthood cause
April 26, 2016
The Archdiocese of New York announced a canonical inquiry into Day's life last week
Pope advances sainthood causes of Lutheran convert and US missionary in Vietnam
December 16, 2015
Francis has approved decrees for 17 on path to sainthood
Brazilian priest recalls prayers to Mother Teresa that led to “possible miracle”
October 29, 2015
Father Santos spoke about a parishioner who recovered from several brain tumours
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