Defending Henry VIII: Thomas More did it 500 years ago, against Martin Luther June 5, 2023By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News June 2023 marks the 500th anniversary of one of the most cruelly ironic publications in the history of the Catholic Church, St. Thomas More’s “Response to Luther.”
Florida Catholic wife, mom, doctor involved in sainthood causes says Eucharist is central to all she does May 28, 2023By Laura Dodson OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Saints, World News Dr. Mary Soha is a Catholic wife, mother, pediatrician, chair of the canonical coronation of Our Lady of La Leche at the national shrine to her and vice postulator for the sainthood cause of the Martyrs of Florida.
Prayer, love of Christ are source of strength to share Gospel, pope says May 17, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. Francis Xavier offers the faithful, especially young people who are itching to make a difference in the world, a wonderful example of how to find courage in prayer and spread the joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
Honolulu bishop says Mass for Vermonter on path to sainthood for ministering with St. Damian of Molokai May 13, 2023By Cori Fugere Urban OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Joseph Dutton turned his life toward God and embarked on a journey of repentance “by which his very life would give witness to Jesus,” Bishop Silva said.
Seton Shrine will host adventurous presentation May 11-12 May 9, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will host an interactive history experience May 11-12 at its campus in Emmitsburg.
Finances bottleneck potential canonization of dozens of American saints and martyrs May 2, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News While only one Indigenous North American — St. Kateri Tekakwitha — has achieved it, the six American Black Catholics with causes underway have waited a total of 720 years for sainthood.
Catholic priests martyred during Paris Commune are beatified April 24, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Five Catholic priests have been beatified in France, 152 years after they were seized as hostages and shot in the street by rebels of the Paris Commune.
Philadelphia father makes a kneeling pilgrimage in thanksgiving for son’s death-defying recovery from cancer April 15, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Arek Szura, fulfilled his promise to God, donning work gloves and kneepads to shuffle and crawl the 10 blocks from his home to St. Adalbert Church, part of St. John Paul II Parish and home to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Polish Apostolate.
Salvadorans celebrate St. Oscar Romero’s ‘faith, courage’ at Mass on anniversary of his assassination March 28, 2023By Miguel Vivanco OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News With great enthusiasm and devotion, hundreds of Salvadoran families gathered for a March 24 Mass at the Sacred Heart Shrine in Washington to celebrate the feast of St. Oscar Romero, bishop and martyr from El Salvador.
Maryland family connects with Poland’s Ulma family, murdered by Nazis March 27, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The Vatican confirmed the martyrdom of the Ulma family, including their unborn child, on Dec. 17, 2022, clearing the way for all nine members of the Ulma family to be beatified.
Memorial to modern Christian martyrs opens in Rome March 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Community of Sant’Egidio, which cares for the basilica and the shrine, hosted an event March 23 to dedicate a new exposition space among the ruins in the crypt as a museum and memorial to the new martyrs of both the 20th and 21st centuries.
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.
