On Sunday in the Vatican, Pope Francis will officially make Romero a saint nearly four decades after he was martyred by an assassin’s bullet to the heart.
Saints
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Joan of Arc in Her Prison
her wrists are shackled, / her head’s in her hand.
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Transitus: the little-known celebration of St. Francis Assisi’s death
St. Francis didn’t just serve the poor and love animals. He taught us how to die well, too.
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The Mission San Xavier del Bac: A Shrine Without Borders
The mission’s founder, an energetic Italian Jesuit named Eusebio Francisco Kino, established several missionary locations in what is now Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona, including San Xavier del Bac in 1692, near the village of Wa:k.
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‘Of Gods and Men’ martyrs to be beatified in Algeria Dec. 8
The beatification of 19 martyrs of Algeria, including the seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine, will be celebrated Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria, the country’s bishops announced.
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How do we celebrate the Assumption of Mary in this summer of sex abuse scandals?
Pity and punish the powerful but take no delight in their fall.
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This university is set to become a hub for the sainthood causes of African-American Catholics
Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, announced July 31 that the university and its Institute for Black Catholic Studies will become the new hub for the advancement of sainthood causes of African-American Catholics.
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New coalition seeks sainthood for five African-Americans
Although the Catholic Church has many saints of African descent, it has no black American saints.
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St. Katharine Drexel’s tomb will be moved to Philadelphia cathedral
The transfer is precipitated by the decision of the sisters to sell the property because of declining numbers of the order.
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Rome Diocese opens sainthood process for young Italian mother
The Diocese of Rome formally opened the sainthood process for a young Italian wife and mother who avoided inducing a premature birth and invasive treatment for cancer while she was pregnant.