Discussions of succession scenarios have been accelerated by the pontiff’s bout with double pneumonia and warnings that he ...

Gallardo, who died at the age of 34, is now being proposed for Catholic sainthood — and is the subject of a new movie that premiered on Ash Wednesday, March 5. In Thy Name, starring McCoy de ...

Pius Kamau, M.D., a retired general surgeon, is president of the Aurora-based Africa America Higher Education Partnerships; co-founder of the Africa Enterprise Group and an activist for minority ...

It moved him a step closer to possible sainthood. What does that mean? As Pew Research Center explains, the Catholic Church teaches that all people in heaven are saints, but that canonized saints ...

While millions around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day every March 17, the sad fact is that Patrick has never been canonized by the Catholic Church and is a saint in name only. As writer Ken ...

(Photos: Courtesy of Sister Kristen Gardner) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Blessed Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first Millennial saint when he is canonized on April 27, and another member of ...

The 20th century saw Popes navigate major global crises. Pope Pius XII (1939–1958) during World War II and Pope John XXIII (1958–1963) initiated the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), which ...

For Barrios, the spiritual legacy of the Italian politician, who served as Italy’s prime minister from 1945 to 1953 — as already highlighted by Pope Pius XII and St. Paul VI — is based on ...

The letter follows the Nov. 12 decision by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to “overwhelmingly” (by a vote of 206 to 7) “advance the canonization cause of Sister ...

Pope Francis approved a decree paving the way for his canonization, though an official date remains pending. The Archdiocese of Caracas hailed the decision as a historic event, highlighting ...

Pope Francis, the first South American pope, signed the decree for the canonization of Hernadez from a hospital in Rome on Tuesday. A date for his canonization has not been set. The South American ...

Pope Francis approved the canonisation of two new saints as he continued to carry out his papal duties from his hospital bed, the Vatican said on Tuesday (Feb 25). The 88-year-old is undergoing ...