Joy, gratitude over news of Acutis and Frassati canonization dates November 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News News that canonization dates have been set for Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, who have become popular patrons for teens and young adults, is being met with joy and gratitude by a number of Catholics in the U.S.
Pope says he’ll canonize Acutis, Frassati, host meeting on child’s rights November 20, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child Feb. 3.
Martin Scorsese’s new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc November 18, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is debuting his latest work on Fox Nation: A new docudrama exploring the lives of the saints.
Dioceses should commemorate their own saints each year, pope says November 18, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Starting in the Holy Year 2025, local churches worldwide will annually honor the saints, blesseds and other holy figures connected to their communities, Pope Francis announced.
Ahead of World Day of the Poor, cause opens for France’s ‘charitable spouses’ November 16, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Social Justice, World News Ahead of World Day of the Poor, observed in the church Nov. 17, French bishops gave a green light to open the sainthood cause for a married couple who gave up their noble and rich life to care for the sick and poor.
Pope: Church venerates Christian martyrs from all denominations November 14, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their examples of faith and courage that continue to inspire Christians today.
Sainthood causes for Benedictine sister and disabilities education advocate get U.S. bishops’ approval November 13, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News During their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops voted 206 to 7, with 11 abstentions, to support the local advancement of Sister Annella’s cause, and 205 to 6, with 19 abstentions, to support the same for Gertrude Barber’s cause.
In ecumenical meetings, pope points to shared saints, shared mission November 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Christian saints in heaven enjoy full unity and should inspire all Christians to continue to pray and work together for the unity of the churches, Pope Francis told the patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
Sainthood cause to open for beloved Irish actress turned nun, parish priest confirms November 8, 2024By Michael Kelly Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Derry-born Sister Clare Crockett was a promising actress with little interest in religion when she went on a Holy Week retreat in Spain in 2000 that changed her life.
Master of all the saints November 5, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Saints are satisfied only by God himself; nothing less than God or other than him will do. And for those who are holy, God alone is enough. Nothing else is wanted, needed, or required.
Everyone can be a saint by following the Beatitudes, pope says November 1, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said.
Declaring saints: How the canonization process works November 1, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News All Saints Day on Nov. 1 is an annual reminder that we are surrounded by a “cloud of witnesses” that are worshipping the Lord and praying for us, but how, exactly, is someone formally named a saint?
