The sainthood cause of Father Edward J. Flanagan took a step forward July 22 with the presentation of the “positio” to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes, along with a letter of support from Omaha Archbishop George J. Lucas.
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Mother Cabrini’s ministry to immigrants called ‘more essential’ than ever
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini took to heart Jesus’ greatest commandment to love God and love one’s neighbor by tending to those most in need — children, the sick, orphans and “most of all” immigrants, said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan July 13.
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St. Benedict: the patron saint of (recovering) workaholics
Benedict learned from experience that pushing yourself too hard can be a road to spiritual ruin. There is a fine line between work that glorifies God and work that merely glorifies yourself.
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The miracle that moved Archbishop Fulton Sheen to beatification
After 61 minutes, just as emergency room personnel were about to pronounce him dead, James Fulton Engstrom began to breathe and his heart rate shot up to a normal level for a newborn.
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified
Pope Francis has approved a miracle bringing the late American Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen closer to sainthood.
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Chicago woman’s healing is miracle in Cardinal Newman’s sainthood cause
A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a “constant dialogue” and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago.
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Cardinal John Henry Newman to be canonized in Rome Oct. 13
Pope Francis will declare Blessed John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British cardinal, a saint Oct. 13.
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Remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen transferred from New York to Peoria Diocese
Bishop Jenky said the sainthood cause for the archbishop, a native of the Peoria Diocese, has resumed.
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This Catholic high schooler painted a mural of black saints to help fight racism
Chloe Becker was upset when she realized she could not name a single African or African-American saint.
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Pope Francis advances sainthood cause for first African-American diocesan priest in the U.S.
Pope Francis has signed decrees which would advance the sainthood causes of women martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and of the first African-American diocesan priest in the United States, Father Augustus Tolton.