Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Saints, World News
Several Catholics who have fled the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have been praying for the intercession of Our Lady of Champion, who once saved a rural Wisconsin shrine from a devastating inferno.
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The boom in the number of pilgrims on Spain’s famous El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, hit a record of almost half a million last year. Among them were 38,000 Americans.
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A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization.
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A young Catholic family in New York state is crediting their newborn baby’s apparent healing in the womb from a potentially fatal diagnosis to the intercession of Charlene Marie Richard, a devout Catholic girl who died of leukemia in Louisiana — and is now on the path to possible sainthood.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Saints
Archbishop William E. Lori helped the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton open a new exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of its patron’s canonization with a Mass Jan. 4 on her feast day.
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As the first native-born American saint, the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton’s canonization will be celebrated with a full year of spiritually immersive activities — beginning Jan. 4 with an EWTN-televised Mass celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori — at the pilgrimage destination bearing her name.
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News
A Missouri native, Father Augustus Tolton is recognized as the first African American to be ordained a priest. A candidate for sainthood, he has the title of “Venerable.”
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This odd combination of circumstances would eventually prove providential, confounding medical authorities, changing the life of this anonymous seminarian, and forever tying him to another young man who had been dead for almost 100 years: Pier Giorgio Frassati, who in August will be declared a saint of the Catholic Church on account of the miracle of Juan Gutierrez’s ankle.
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A young man with Down syndrome has been named the first “Angel of St. Pio” by the Saint Pio Foundation for his profound devotion to the beloved saint — and for his faithful perseverance in overcoming extraordinary challenges.
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More than 1,500 people venerated the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas at Ss. Philip and James in Homewood Dec. 17-18. The Dominican-led parish was the final stop of a tour sponsored by the Dominican Province of St. Joseph that included visits to 11 sites in seven states and the District of Columbia.
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Catholic News Service
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Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed the martyrdom and heroic virtues of five others in a series of decrees published Dec. 18.
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Father Juan Manuel Gutierrez, associate pastor at St. John the Baptist Church in Baldwin Park, Calif., spoke at a Dec. 16 press conference at his parish to share his experiences of being healed from a serious sports injury after seeking the intercession of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.
