In Portugal, Pope Francis canonizes two children who saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima
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Pope Francis makes history and canonizes Jacinta and Francisco, two child saints
Pope Francis made history by canonizing Jacinta and Francisco Marto, the first child saints who are not martyrs.
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Updates from Fatima: reports a historic trip and canonization
Updates on Pope Francis’ trip to Fatima as well as the canonization of Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
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Pope Francis will beatify Wisconsin-born Capuchin Father Solanus Casey
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Father Casey, five religious, four laypeople and two cardinals, including Vietnamese Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan.
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Irish Jesuit, dapper gentleman-turned-Catholic healer, will be beatified by Pope Francis
Father Sullivan’s life straddled two centuries, two traditions and two cultures.
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Pope pays tribute to modern martyrs, calls for witnesses of God’s love
At Rome’s Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modern martyrs, Pope Francis presided over an evening prayer service April 22, honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships and terrorism.
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Pope Francis to canonize Fatima seers May 13; October date for other saints
Pope Francis will declare the sainthood of Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, two of the shepherd children who saw Mary in Fatima, Portugal, during his visit to the site of the apparitions May 13.
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Fatima children are holy because of virtue, not visions of Mary, cardinal says
As extraordinary as the apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, nearly 100 years ago were, the sanctity of the shepherd children did not hinge on their having seen Mary, a cardinal said.
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“Set the world on fire”? Sorry, St. Ignatius never said that (or these other famous Jesuit quotes)
Among the saints, Ignatius Loyola is something of a “quote magnet.”
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The bond between Our Lady of Fatima and the past three popes
Pope Francis made headlines with the canonization of two children, but his adoration cannot match that of St. John Paul II.