Pope advances sainthood causes of six candidates March 24, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of five women and a priest.
Fire guts historic Catholic school in parish connected to St. John Neumann March 23, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News A Philadelphia Catholic school community whose parish has historical ties to St. John Neumann is recovering after a March 21 fire devastated its building.
Pathfinders: Five Archdiocese of Baltimore women who made history March 21, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints As the nation’s first Catholic diocese, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is home to many trailblazers, including history-making women.
Legendary communist-era priest, Father Blachnicki, was murdered, Polish authorities confirm March 20, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Polish church leaders have welcomed renewed calls for the beatification of a popular priest, Father Franciszek Blachnicki (1921-1987), following official confirmation that he was killed by communist secret police agents.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Dining with the Saints March 20, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Award-winning TV chef and “cooking priest” Father Leo Patalinghug and theologian and mixologist Dr. Michael P. Foley talk about their new book, “Dining with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Righteous Feast.” The book brings the liturgical year to life, pairing more than 200 saints’ stories with a smorgasbord of international recipes.
‘Befriending St. Joseph’, and imagining his silent sorrows March 17, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Saints, World News In “Befriending St. Joseph: Finding Faith, Hope and Courage in the Seven Sorrows Devotion” (Ave Maria Press, 2022), Deacon Greg Kandra was challenged to find a way to speak of — and perhaps for — this saint of silence.
Mother Lange canonization cause takes step forward March 8, 2023By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints The canonization cause of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the world’s first sustained women’s religious community for Black women, has taken a step forward.
Six sainthood candidates, including two lay women, closer to canonization February 23, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News In a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the pope signed decrees Feb. 23 recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of an Italian religious sister and the heroic virtues of five others: two laywomen, two priests and a religious woman.
RADIO INTERVIEW: The inspiring and heroic life of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko February 20, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Judith Kelly discusses the inspiring and heroic life of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Cold War-era priest in Communist Poland who sacrificed his life for his people.
Lead others to Jesus, not to yourself, pope says at Angelus January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. John the Baptist is a model for Christian witness, leading others to Jesus and then stepping out of the way so they follow the Lord and not the person who evangelized them, Pope Francis said.
Love comes first, pope says in letter on teaching of St. Francis de Sales December 28, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The most important question a Christian can ask when making any decision in life is “where the greatest love is to be found,” Pope Francis wrote in a letter marking the 400th anniversary of St. Francis de Sales, a doctor of the church.
Jesus’ birth is not ‘fairy tale,’ but call to live the Gospel, pope says December 27, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The day after Christmas the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, which emphasizes how the story of Jesus’ birth is not a “fairy tale,” but a call to live as witnesses of the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
