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.
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Still no date for the canonization of Blessed Óscar Romero
More than 35 years after Blessed Romero’s death, documentation regarding an alleged miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Romero is being studied at the Vatican.
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Opposition to Óscar Romero’s canonization was ‘political,’ Archbishop Paglia says
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator for the cause of Blessed Óscar Romero, experienced firsthand pushback against the archbishop’s canonization.
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Archbishop Paglia: Opposition to Óscar Romero’s cause for sainthood was ‘political’
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia talks with James Martin, S.J., about the canonization of Blessed Óscar Romero.
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Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw Our Lady of Fatima
Jacinta and Francisco will be the youngest children ever to be recognized as saints by the church.
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El Salvador holds hope for its saint in waiting, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande
In El Salvador, there is a yearning that the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero will help the beatification cause of his martyred Jesuit friend, Father Rutilio Grande.
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Treating saints like superheroes is a dangerous game.
We have to take the saints down from their pedestals.