Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin continued with the pregnancy and opted for treatment that would not jeopardize the life of her child, Riccardo, who was born in 1994.
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John Paul I, who was pope for 33 days, is likely to be beatified in 2022
Recognition of an alleged miraculous healing would open the door to John Paul’s beatification and decide the date for it, which is likely to be in 2022.
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Shia LaBeouf met ‘nothing but grace’ while prepping for Padre Pio biopic at a Capuchin monastery
“I’m completely immersed in something way bigger than myself,” actor Shia LaBeouf said in an Instagram post published by Capuchin Friar Hai Ho last week.
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Meet Father Baker: the Catholic priest and Civil War vet who housed 100,000 orphans
A priest from Buffalo, now a candidate for canonization, Father Baker spent 60 years caring for the orphaned, poor, sick and migrants.
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Blessed Rosario Livatino: the judge killed by mobsters who is on his way to sainthood
“Like Jesus, Judge Livatino died forgiving his murderers,” said Cardinal Marcelo Semeraro during the beatification ceremony of May 9, 2021, at the Cathedral of Agrigento in Sicily.
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Pope Francis: God calls us to be free from fear, worldly power and hypocritical outward show
“Only a free church is a credible church,” Pope Francis declared in his homily on June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
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St. Augustine meets America’s Got Talent: The spirituality of Nightbirde’s viral hit “It’s OK”
Nightbirde recognizes the habit of trying to fix things on one’s own. She sings, “Don’t know why I take the tightrope and cry when I fall.”
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Review: ‘Lourdes’ (the documentary) is much more than miraculous
‘Lourdes’ is a film of dignity, charity and profundity—one in which hope is made palpable.
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The man who paved the way for the European Union is one step closer to sainthood
The Vatican said Pope Francis on Saturday approved a decree declaring the “heroic virtues” of Schuman, a former prime minister, finance minister and foreign minister for France after World War II.
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Vatican doubts new claims that St. Peter’s bones are in a forgotten tomb
The remains of St. Peter may have been and possibly still could be buried in catacombs under the Mausoleum of St. Helena, according to a paper published recently by three Italian researchers.