Faith, Faith in Focus

Why St. Francis de Sales’s ‘Devout Life’ still resonates today

by Kathleen Norris July 5, 2017

De Sales’s insistence that a life of prayer “finds its ideal in the ordinary” will appeal to modern readers.

People hold palm fronds during Palm Sunday Mass on April 9 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Manila, Philippines. (CNS photo/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters)

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Martyrdom ‘not remote possibility’ for Southern Philippines Catholics, priest says

by Catholic News Service June 9, 2017

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.

Auxiliary Bishop Jorge H. Rodriguez-Novelo blesses the remains of Julia Greeley in the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Colleen Slevin)

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Remains of former slave eyed for sainthood moved to Denver cathedral

by Colleen Slevin - Associated Press June 8, 2017

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.

Faith, Interviews

What Pope Francis learned from St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

by Sean Salai May 31, 2017

An excerpt from Jesuit Sean Salai’s new book “All the Pope’s Saints: The Jesuits Who Shaped Pope Francis”

Father Stanley Rother, a priest of the Oklahoma City Archdiocese who was brutally murdered in 1981 in the Guatemalan village where he ministered to the poor, is shown baptizing a child in this undated photo. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced the North American priest will be beatified on Sept. 23 in Oklahoma. (CNS)

Faith, News

Website details the life of Father Stanley Rother, who will soon be beatified

by Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service May 15, 2017

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has opened a website detailing the life, as well as steps toward sainthood, of Father Stanley Rother.

Faith, Video

Pope Francis in Fatima

by America Video May 13, 2017

In Portugal, Pope Francis canonizes two children who saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima

Pope Francis embraces Lucas Batista from Brazil as offertory gifts are presented during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto.

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Pope Francis makes history and canonizes Jacinta and Francisco, two child saints

by Gerard O’Connell May 13, 2017

Pope Francis made history by canonizing Jacinta and Francisco Marto, the first child saints who are not martyrs.

Faith

Updates from Fatima: reports a historic trip and canonization

by The Editors May 11, 2017

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

by Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service May 4, 2017

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Father Casey, five religious, four laypeople and two cardinals, including Vietnamese Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan.