El Salvador’s bishops asked the pope that the canonization be held in their country so that the poor could attend.
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ new exhortation: Jesus ‘wants us to be saints’
Francis’ “modest goal” is “to re-propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time.”
Posted inFaith
Top five takeaways from ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’
“Rejoice and be glad!” is what Jesus said on the Sermon on the Mount. It’s also the title of Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation on holiness in everyday life.
Posted inFaith, Video
Gaudete et Exsultate: Top 5 Takeaways from Pope Francis’ New Apostolic Exhortation
Pope Francis released a new apostolic exhortation today: “Gaudete et Exsultate.” Here are Fr. James Martin, S.J.’s top five takeaways from this new document.
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Romero’s miracle for canonization: Healing a woman of a life-threatening condition
Her husband was skeptical but prayed to Blessed Oscar Romero to save his wife.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What can we learn from the sins of the saints?
Have you heard the saints confess? It fills you with wonder at God’s grace, so clearly at work in their lives, in our world.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis opens the door for canonization of Óscar Romero and Paul VI
Blessed Paul VI and Archbishop Óscar Romero will soon be declared saints.
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Pope wants canonization of slain Jesuit to move forward, ambassador says
Father Grande was known as a champion of the poor and the oppressed at a time when El Salvador was on the threshold of a civil war, a war that eventually killed over 70,000 people.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How the Buddha became a popular Christian saint
Two of medieval Europe’s most popular saints, Barlaam and Josaphat, were in fact Christianized versions of the Buddha.
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Pope Francis will canonize Pope Paul VI this year
An Italian newspaper reported that the canonization is likely to happen in October.