Pope Francis’ decision to move the World War II-era head of Poland’s Catholic Church a step closer to possible sainthood has hit a stumbling block, after two leading Jewish organizations and even Polish Catholic publications called him out for anti-Semitic views.
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As Romero image inadvertently released, canonization details emerge
The image is the official one the Vatican will use on a tapestry when Blessed Romero is declared a saint Oct. 14.
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How can we be friends with God if we don’t have time for one another?
Lessons in friendship from St. Francis de Sales
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Italian nun murdered in Somalia to be beatified in Italy
Sister Leonella Sgorbati and her bodyguard were gunned down as they left the children’s hospital where she worked in Mogadishu.
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Remains of St. John XXIII begin pilgrimage in his home diocese
BERGAMO, Italy (CNS) — Accompanied by Bishop Francesco Beschi of Bergamo and escorted by both Italian and Vatican police officers, the glass coffin containing the body of St. John XXIII left the Vatican early on May 24 for a 370-mile drive to Bergamo. The route taken for the trip north was kept secret for security reasons. […]
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Should Oscar Romero be canonized in Rome or El Salvador?
A publication of the Archdiocese of San Salvador argues that the canonization of Oscar Romero should be held in El Salvador.
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How Joan of Arc conquered Mark Twain
“Now listen to what an old man tells you. My best book is my Recollections of Joan of Arc.”
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Oscar Romero canonization probably in Rome in October
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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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.”
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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.