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October 13, 2020

Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says

People sit outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi as they attend the beatification Mass of Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 10, 2020. The Mass was held inside the basilica but measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that most of the attendees sat outside.

ASSISI, Italy - Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi.

Published in International
May 14, 2019

Martyred Romanian bishops symbolize church's 'resurrection from darkness'

Pictured are six of seven Romanian Catholic bishops who died during a fierce anti-religious campaign waged under the communist regime in Romania. Pope Francis will beatify them in Romania June 2. Clockwise: Auxiliary Bishop Vasile Aftenie of Fagaras and Alba Iulia; Bishop Ioan Balan of Lugoj, Auxiliary Bishop Tit Liviu Chinezu of Fagaras and Alba Iulia; Bishop Valeriu Traian Frentiu of Oradea Mare; Bishop Ioan Suciu, apostolic administrator of Fagaras and Alba Iulia; and Bishop Alexandru Rusu of Maramures. Not pictured is Cardinal Iuliu Hossu of Gherla.

WARSAW, Poland - A cardinal incarcerated for 18 years after refusing to abandon his church and a bishop thrown in an unmarked grave after starving to death in an "extermination prison" are among seven communist-era martyrs who will be beatified by Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to Romania.

Published in Faith
April 27, 2015

Quebec nun Mother Elisabeth Turgeon the latest Canadian to be beatified

Mother Marie Elisabeth Turgeon was beatified April 26 in Rimouski, Quebec. A second miracle is still needed before she can be made a saint.

RIMOUSKI, QUE. - A  teacher from Quebec's Lower St. Lawrence region who believed that "schools were the vestibules to the Church" was beatified April 26 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, the papal legate who came from Rome to Rimouski to proclaim her Blessed.

Published in Canada
March 11, 2015

May 23 outdoor Mass set for beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero

Archbishop Oscar Romero receives a sack of beans from parishioners following Mass outside of the church in San Antonio Los Ranchos in Chalatenango, El Salvador, in 1979. The Italian newspaper, Avvenire, reported today that Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador on May 23, according to the chief promoter of Romero’s sainthood cause, Italian archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador May 23, said Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop's sainthood cause.

Published in International