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January 11, 2017

Majority of recent sainthood causes come from Italy, says cardinal

Pope Francis leads an "ordinary public consistory" to formally conclude sainthood causes at the Vatican March 15, 2015.

VATICAN CITY – The overwhelming majority of sainthood causes the past decade have originated in Italy, said the head of the Vatican office responsible for investigating the causes.

Published in Vatican
September 29, 2014

Opus Dei leader, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, beatified in Madrid

A woman holds an image of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo during his beatification ceremony in Madrid Sept. 27. Tens of thousands of people from around the world attended the beatification Mass for the former Opus Dei leader, who died in 1994.

MADRID - A Spanish bishop who worked as an engineer before becoming first prelate of the Opus Dei movement has been beatified in his native Madrid.

Published in International
May 16, 2014

Romanian bishop who died in communist prison cell to be beatified

A sparrow rests on a barbed wire fence that surrounds Jilava prison near Bucharest, Romania. Bishop Anton Durcovici, who was secretly ordained under communist rule and died in prison in Romania was to be beatified May 17.
WARSAW, Poland - A Catholic bishop who was starved and forced to stand naked in winter will be beatified as a martyr in Romania, 63 years after dying of malnutrition in a communist prison.
Published in International