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August 6, 2017

Filipino Jesuit on road to sainthood under Pope’s new beatification category

Filipino Jesuit Brother Richie Fernando, who was 26-year-old when he died protecting his students from a hand grenade in Cambodia, is on his road to sainthood thanks to a new beatification category created by Pope Francis in early July.

MANILA, Philippines – Brother Richie Fernando was a 26 year-old Jesuit seminarian from the Philippines when in 1996 he died protecting his Cambodian students from a hand grenade.

Published in Vatican
July 11, 2017

Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’

Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beautification called "offering of life" July 11.

VATICAN CITY – On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbour.

Published in Vatican