The Vatican earlier posed no objection to the beatification process of Father Palliola, who established Christian settlements in the western part of Mindanao among the Subanon tribe.
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Remains of former slave eyed for sainthood moved to Denver cathedral
In a step toward possible sainthood, the remains of a former slave have been moved to a Catholic cathedral in Denver, where people lined up Wednesday to honor her and pray for her help.
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What Pope Francis learned from St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
An excerpt from Jesuit Sean Salai’s new book “All the Pope’s Saints: The Jesuits Who Shaped Pope Francis”
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Website details the life of Father Stanley Rother, who will soon be beatified
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has opened a website detailing the life, as well as steps toward sainthood, of Father Stanley Rother.
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Pope Francis in Fatima
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.