Pope blasts “radical individualism” as he meets with Argentines ahead of big canonization
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis on Friday blasted the “radical individualism” that he said was infecting society today, as he greeted Argentine pilgrims who are in town for this weekend’s canonization of the first female saint from his home country. Instead, Francis held up as a model the 18th century Argentine laywoman lovingly known as […]
First Argentine saint brings Pope Francis and Milei together
Vatican City RNS Pope Francis will canonise a native of Argentina at a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, and the next day he will meet with the country’s recently elected right-wing president, Javier Milei, a sometime critic of the Pope. Blessed María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, known for being a strong-willed woman […]
The Explainer: Calls for Pope Benedict’s sainthood make canonising popes seem like the norm – but it’s a long and politically fraught process
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOANNE M PIERCE, of the College of the Holy Cross, looks at the process of canonisation in the Catholic Church – particularly as it relates to past popes…
Catholic sainthood: “Crushed” by two papacies, John Paul I’s death eclipsed life
FRANCES D’EMILIO, of Associated Press, reports on moves to make Pope John Paul I a saint…
Pope declares 10 new saints, including Dutch priest killed by Nazis
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and a French hermit monk assassinated in Algeria. The 85-year-old Pope, who has been using a wheel chair due to knee and leg pain, was driven to the altar […]
A new book urges canonisation of late US Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen, father of electronic Mass
Vatican CityRNS The Catholic Church’s pioneer of electronic evangelisation, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, was a missionary of the modern age, bringing the church into millions of homes and giving a sometimes obscure faith an approachable, contemporary face. After appearing frequently on The Catholic Hour radio show from 1930 to 1950, his hit television series Life Is […]
ESSAY: LIVES OF LOVE – POPE FRANCIS CANONISES POPE PAUL VI AND ARCHBISHOP ROMERO
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE reflects on Pope Francis’ decision to declare Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero saints…