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 […]
Sainthood process for US Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen stalled
RNS The beatification of late Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen was postponed this week, marking the latest setback on the road to sainthood for the beloved television and radio preacher. Sheen was an early adopter of mass media as a form of evangelisation in the United States, regularly appearing on The Catholic Hour radio program from 1930 to […]
SIGHT-SEEING: REMEMBERING THOMAS AQUINAS
BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the lessons of Thomas Aquinas…
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…
Slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI made Catholic saints
Martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI are among seven people canonised as saints by Pope Francis on the weekend. Archbishop Romero was gunned down by a death squad while celebrating Mass in 1980 after denouncing military oppression at the start of El Salvador’s civil which ran until 1992 and claimed an estimated […]
New US coalition seeks sainthood for five African-Americans
RNS The founders of two religious orders and an African-American priest who had to train in Rome because no US seminary would accept him are among five candidates being supported for sainthood by a new coalition of black Catholic organisations. The initiative was announced on Tuesday at Xavier University in New Orleans, where a new […]
ESSAY: THE ‘REAL’ ST VALENTINE WAS NO PATRON OF LOVE
In an article first published on The Conversation, LISA BITEL, professor of history and religion at the University of Southern California, explores the origins of St Valentine’s Day…
Mother Teresa declared a Roman Catholic saint at Vatican ceremony
Mother Teresa has been made a Roman Catholic saint in a ceremony in Vatican City on Sunday. Thousands turned out for the canonisation Mass led by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square, who officially declared Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the “saint of the gutters”, to be enrolled among the church’s saints. Applause broke […]
MARY MACKILLOP: QUESTIONS ARISE AS “MOST GODLESS PLACE” GETS FIRST SAINT
KIM CAIN reports for Ecumenical News International…