Vatican forbids sale of would-be saints’ body parts
December 17, 2017
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The new norms explicitly rule out selling hair strands, hands and teeth, which fetch high prices in online auctions
Even Mother Teresa nearly rejected the divine call
April 3, 2017
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The saint’s first response to Christ’s invitation was to try and wriggle out of it
Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/03/17
March 14, 2017
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
A book of saints that includes Henry Thoreau and Bernard Häring? No thanks
March 2, 2017
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A new collection claims many old saints are ‘distinctly unhelpful’ and offers some alternatives. I’m unpersuaded
Pope’s tip for becoming a saint: Pray for someone who doesn’t like you
February 20, 2017
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Pope Francis visited the parish of St Mary Josefa on the edge of the Diocese of Rome
There are far more disabled saints than you think
December 15, 2016
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A new book about saints with disabilities is a reminder that everyone has a vocation
The real Blessed Lucy of Narnia was even more amazing than CS Lewis’s imagination
November 16, 2016
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Today is the feast day of the actual Blessed Lucy of Narnia. It really, really is
The power of private revelations
November 16, 2016
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A new book by Stephen Walford explores and illuminates the Communion of Saints
Pier Giorgio Frassati, the saint whose sorrows never made him sad
November 12, 2016
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His radiant personality and his detachment from the world have inspired many Catholics
Suspect arrested over abduction and murder of two priests in Mexico
October 18, 2016
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The bodies of Fr Alejo Nabor Jimenez and Fr Alfredo Suarez de la Cruz were found by a roadside outside the city of Poza Rica last month
Young martyr a symbol of hope for Mexico’s priests, official says
October 17, 2016
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St Jose Sanchez del Rio was canonised with six other new saints on Sunday
Pope canonises seven saints who ‘fought the good fight of faith’
October 17, 2016
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Francis celebrated a canonisation Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday