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June 22, 2020

Pope Francis advances five sainthood causes

A photo of Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros, a Venezuelan doctor born in 1864, is displayed following Mass in Caracas June 19, 2020. That day the Vatican announced Pope Francis had advanced the sainthood causes of the doctor, born in 1864, and four others.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three men and two women, including an Italian nun who was brutally murdered by three teenage girls who claimed it had been a satanic sacrifice.

Published in Faith
June 12, 2019

Causes for sainthood advanced for U.S. priest and Spanish martyrs

Father Augustus Tolton, the first recognized U.S. diocesan priest of African descent, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Francis advanced his sainthood June 11 by recognizing that he lived a life of heroic virtue. (CNS photo/courtesy of Archdiocese of Chicago Archives and Records Center)

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, who was the first African American diocesan priest in the United States and founder of the first black Catholic parish in Chicago.

Published in Vatican
March 11, 2019

Diocese concludes inquiry of French priest killed during Mass

Father Jacques Hamel is seen during a 2016 church service in this handout photo from his parish in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France. Vatican News reported March 9 that the Archdiocese of Rouen concluded its sainthood inquiry into the life and death of a French priest who was killed while celebrating Mass.
VATICAN – The Archdiocese of Rouen concluded its sainthood inquiry into the life and death of a French priest who was killed while celebrating Mass.
Published in International
November 13, 2017

Granddaughter sheds fresh light on Dorothy Day

“There are a lot of wounds in this story,” said Hennessy as she brought her new book on Day, The World Will be Saved by Beauty, to the Mary Ward Centre in Toronto on Nov. 2.
Opening up the family vault for public scrutiny is never easy, even when your grandmother is considered a saint by many people.
Published in Arts News