The decree for their beatification should be published sometime in January, Trappist Father Thomas Georgeon said.
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Paul VI could be canonized in 2018
Canonization could take place during the Synod of Bishops, an institution Paul re-established after Vatican II.
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Vatican releases new instruction on authenticating and protecting relics of saints
“The dismemberment of the body is not allowed” unless the bishop has obtained permission from the saints’ congregation.
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Why you can’t become a saint by yourself
It is no coincidence that saints often come in pairs.
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Blessed Solanus Casey lived out faith, hope, charity every day, says cardinal
He came from an Irish family of profound Catholic convictions. Faith for him was a very precious inheritance for facing the difficulties of life.
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In solidarity with the slain Jesuits of El Salvador
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., former editor in chief of America, gave this homily at a memorial Mass for the Jesuits slain Jesuits at St. Ignatius Church in New York on Nov. 22, 1989.
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Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of sister killed in Somalia in 2006
Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian Consolata sister murdered in Somalia in 2006 and the martyrdom of a 25-year-old priest in Hungary in 1957.
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Pope John Paul I, “the smiling pope,” is on the path to sainthood.
A new book clarifies mystery of John Paul I’s death.
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All Saints Day is not Lesser Saints Day
Today in honoring the saints, we recognize that they have built the church.
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Martyred Spanish Claretian missionaries offered culture of peace, says cardinal
The beatification was a reminder that Christianity offered “a culture of peace and fraternity, not war.”