Two new saints celebrated by Baltimore Catholics September 8, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Baltimore Catholics joined the worldwide Catholic community in honoring two young saints this weekend as Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old computer whiz who died in 2006, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, a 24-year-old rock climber who died in 1925, were canonized Sept. 7 by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square.
At canonization Mass, two mothers stand out as giants of confidence in God September 8, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News At a packed canonization Mass in Rome, with 80,000 attending, it was the face of the mother that said it all during the canonization Mass — Antonia Salzano was moved beyond words when her son, Carlo Acutis, was officially declared saint of the Catholic Church.
Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg features full schedule for 50th anniversary canonization celebration Sept. 12-14 September 8, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The historic Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg plans a full weekend celebration Sept. 12-14 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Pope Leo’s homily for the canonization Mass for Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati September 7, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s homily for the canonization Mass for Saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, given Sept. 7, 2025 in St. Peter’s Square.
New young saints encourage faithful to live life to the full, pope says September 7, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God’s plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints — two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Where to watch the Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio Frassati canonizations September 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Thousands will gather in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 7 for the highly anticipated canonization of two modern saints — but if flying to Rome isn’t an option, one can watch every moment of the joyous occasion via livestream at OSV News.
Blessed Frassati through St. John Paul II’s eyes: ‘Faith and charity’ were his ‘driving forces’ September 5, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News On the eve of his canonization, St. John Paul’s homily for Pier Georgio Frassati’s beatification remains a profound testament to the virtues that defined Frassati’s short but luminous life.
Buried in Assisi, new saint is ‘true disciple’ of St. Francis, rector says September 4, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is a fresh “shoot” budding from the 800-year-old spiritual “vine” of Sts. Francis and Clare in Assisi, said the rector of the shrine housing the millennial teenager’s tomb.
Making saints: How does the canonization process work? August 31, 2025By Father Richard Gribble OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Catholicism’s 2,000-year history has seen the process for the proclamation of saints develop significantly.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati shows how to ‘be holy in the normalcy of our lives’ August 31, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Pope Leo XIV plans to canonize Turin native Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati , who died in 1925, alongside fellow Italian Blessed Carlo Acutis Sept. 7.
10 times Pope Leo has included a St. Augustine quote in his public addresses August 28, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo has consistently turned his audience’s eyes to St. Augustine, the fifth-century bishop who continues to serve as a philosophical and theological heavyweight in Catholic thought.
Priest’s St. Monica Project helps accompany parents whose children leave the faith August 27, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The devotion created by Father Buhman, pastor of All Saints in Holdrege and St. John in Smithfield, Neb., centers around an image of St. Monica by a local artist, a prayer asking for the intercession of St. Monica by Father Buhman, and Masses offered for loved ones who have left the Catholic Church.
