Amid political disputes, Venezuelans prepare for canonization of their first saints October 17, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News As Venezuelans await the upcoming canonization of the South American country’s first saints — Blessed José Gregório Hernández and Blessed María Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez — both the church and the government prepare for the unprecedented event, promoting restoration works and planning the logistics of the several activities that will happen in Caracas and elsewhere.
From satanist to saint: Meet Bartolo Longo, who gave world the shrine of Our Lady in Pompeii October 16, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News When pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, along with six other blesseds, they will see not just the elevation of a new saint, but a story of a radical conversion.
New saints highlight power of faith amid spiritual, personal challenges October 16, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News When Pope Leo XIV raises three women and four men to the altar Oct. 19, he will canonize a diverse group of religious and lay men and women, all bound by the virtue of holding on to their faith amid personal, spiritual, and external challenges.
The life of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, 130 years after his birth October 15, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Evangelization, Saints Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. Once dubbed “God’s microphone,” Sheen announced God’s truth in a nonconfrontational, yet no less life-giving, manner to untold millions through radio, print and television.
New graphic novel tells story of Father Emil Kapaun: Army chaplain, Korean War POW October 11, 2025By Jack Figge OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, Saints, World News A nonprofit dedicated to supporting the U.S. Army has released a graphic novel highlighting the story and service of Father Emil Kapaun, the Catholic military chaplain who gave his life in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Korean War and has an active cause for canonization.
Seton Shrine hosts pilgrimage, Mass for Sea Services October 7, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints More than 400 people helped the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Seton’s designation as the patroness of American service personnel who go to sea.
Pope asks Vatican police to be witnesses of the Gospel through their work October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Police work is a service for the safety and security of people and institutions, Pope Leo XIV said, but it is also a way for Christians to give witness to their faith.
Why St. Thérèse continues to inspire believers today — especially those who suffer October 5, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, News, Saints, World News St. Thérèse is often seen as a “sweet saint of roses,” a childlike figure whose holiness seemed effortless. Yet behind this image was a young Carmelite who embraced the demands of cloistered life, endured spiritual darkness, and suffered from tuberculosis, dying at just 24.
St. Katharine Drexel’s legacy endures as Black Catholic university she founded turns 100 October 3, 2025By Peter Finney Jr. OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Colleges, News, Saints, World News In a city renowned for its seemingly genetic ability to parade, party and partake, the 100th anniversary of Xavier University of Louisiana has focused on the gifts of faith, love and reading the signs of the times.
Silence in a noisy world October 1, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints The noise of this world makes a home in our minds. God’s soft, silent sounds live in our hearts. We all need more silence.
Celebrating the holiness of St. Teresa of Avila October 1, 2025By J.J. Ziegler OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints More than five centuries after her birth, we can ask this Carmelite reformer to help us travel the paths of joy, prayer, fraternity and time in our own pilgrimage to God.
Pope will declare St. John Henry Newman doctor of the church Nov. 1 September 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church Nov. 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education.
