Pope prays newly beatified martyrs inspire greater fidelity to God April 19, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church’s newest blesseds are six “meek disciples of Christ,” who showed heroic courage defending the Eucharist from profanation when French troops sacked their Italian monastery in 1799 and scattered the Blessed Sacrament on the floor while searching for any valuables they could carry away, Pope Francis said.
New Staten Island Ferry vessel to be named for Catholic Worker co-founder March 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced March 25 that one of the three new Staten Island Ferry boats transporting people between Staten Island and lower Manhattan will be named for Catholic Worker Movement co-founder Dorothy Day, whose sainthood cause is being considered by the Vatican.
RADIO INTERVIEW: St. Ignatius Loyola and the Spiritual Exercises March 22, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints On the March 21 episode of “Catholic Review Radio,” Jesuit Father Stephen Spahn talks about St. Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises.
Baltimore-based Josephites, zealous promoters of devotion to St. Joseph, elated by year dedicated to the saint March 16, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview, Saints, Year of St. Joseph “We’ve been waiting for this for a long time,” said Father Fest, a former longtime pastor of St. Veronica in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore who now serves as pastor of St. Joseph in Alexandria, Va. “St. Joseph is finally getting his due.”
Treasured artifacts that belonged to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton return to Emmitsburg March 12, 2021By Mary K. Tilghman Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Western Vicariate “They’re here to help us tell her story and make Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton more relatable,” said Rob Judge, executive director of the Seton Shrine.
Remains of Father Emil Kapaun, Korean War military chaplain, identified March 6, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News A U.S. government forensic team announced March 4 it has identified the remains of Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, who was an Army chaplain and died in a Chinese prisoner-of-war camp during the Korean War.
Doing the impossible March 4, 2021By Father Ed Dougherty, M.M. Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, Light One Candle, Saints It is freeing to abandon our cares to God and focus on the necessary tasks that have been put before us.
Religious order withdraws request to transfer founder’s remains to U.S. February 26, 2021By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News A religious order has withdrawn its request to exhume its founder and transfer some of her remains from England to Philadelphia.
Heroes of love: New pathway open for future saints February 25, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The new pathway to canonization puts the focus on the nature of the candidate’s death — that it was a free and willing offer of one’s Christian life and a heroic acceptance, out of love, of a certain and early death.
Passionist priest, relative of English princes, takes step closer to sainthood February 22, 2021By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News A priest related to Princes William and Harry took a major step closer to sainthood when Pope Francis declared him venerable.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Dinner Party with the Saints February 9, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Christopher Gunty speaks with author Woodeene Koenig-Bricker about her new book, “Dinner Party with the Saints.”
Pope adds Martha, Mary and Lazarus, church doctors to universal calendar February 2, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Recognizing their welcome of and witness to Christ, Pope Francis has approved changing the liturgical feast of St. Martha to include her sister and brother, Mary and Lazarus, on the church’s universal calendar of feast days.
