Tears and prayers greet St. Thérèse relics in Towson November 26, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Video Well more than 1,000 people of all ages reverently filed past the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during a two-day stop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Relic of St. Francis of Assisi coming to Ellicott City November 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Saints A relic of St. Francis of Assisi – a fragment of the very cord he wore around his waist – will travel from Assisi, Italy, to the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City for an outdoor live Nativity prayer service Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.
N.J. diocese studies possible cause for CUA alum who died protecting parents from assailant November 23, 2025By Mary Morell The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: News, Saints, World News With a Metuchen diocesan commission established, now-Archbishop James F. Checchio initiated a formal study into the possible canonization of a 20-year-old Catholic University of America student from New Jersey who was tragically killed in 2020 while protecting his parents from an armed attacker at their North Brunswick home.
Vatican says cause can move forward for Massachusetts pro-life activist, wife, mother November 23, 2025By Tanya Connor The Catholic Free Press Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Saints, World News This fall the Vatican paved the way for the Worcester Diocese to begin the cause for the potential canonization of a local Catholic — Ruth V. K. Pakaluk.
Indigenous elders, New York artist, Seattle cathedral join to create St. Kateri icon November 22, 2025By Andrew Foster Northwest Catholic Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News New York artist Patricia Brintle created an icon of St. Kateri Tekakwitha for St. James Cathedral in Seattle.
U.S. bishops advance new sainthood cause for ‘Good Samaritan’ Jesuit priest November 12, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Saints, World News The U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly Nov. 11 to support the advancement of a canonization cause for Jesuit Father Richard Thomas.
Relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux coming to Baltimore November 5, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Saints Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will again have the opportunity to pray in the presence of St. Thérèse’s relics – some of the bones of the beloved saint – when they return to the Carmelite Monastery Nov. 25-26.
Newman and the new ultramontanism November 5, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Saints, The Catholic Difference The irony of Newman being given this rare honor just now lies in the fact that the unity of the Church is threatened by recrudescent ultramontanism: not the old, 19th-century reactionary model, but a new hybrid combining Catholic progressivism in the realm of ideas with liberal authoritarianism in Church governance.
Pope names St. Newman patron of his alma mater in Rome November 3, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome.
At education Jubilee, pope names St. John Henry Newman ‘doctor of the church’ November 1, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The lives of St. John Henry Newman and of all the saints teach Christians that “it is possible to live passionately amidst the complexity of the present without neglecting the apostolic mandate to ‘shine like stars in the world,'” Pope Leo XIV said.
What is incorruptibility? Here’s what faith and science have to say November 1, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Michael S. Carter and other experts in philosophy, science and theology spoke with OSV News about incorruptibility, addressing everything from incorrupt saints and their significance in the Catholic Church to the relationship of faith and science.
Proclamation of St. Newman as doctor of church signals Catholic revival at Oxford October 31, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Saints, World News When St. John Henry Newman is proclaimed a doctor of the church on Nov. 1, staff and students at his old university will be counting on a boost of confidence for Oxford’s once-excluded Catholics.
