Articles on this issue "Congregation for Saints' Causes"
Pope Francis met this morning with Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President of El Salvador at the Apostolic Palace today. Shortly after his meeting with the Holy Father, President Funes met …
read moreIn a private audience today with prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, Pope Benedict XVI approved the “heroic virtue” Fulton J. Sheen, thereby …
read moreThe Vatican will have to decide about the fate of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's crypt, but support for the cause of his canonization is going forward. This was the announcement made last Thursday …
read moreFive women religious who were killed in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1941 have been recognized as martyrs. Benedict XVI today authorized their decrees of martyrdom, along with three decrees …
read moreThe Congregation for Saints' Causes is turning 40, and according to its former prefect, it’s the most beautiful congregation in the Church. The saints congregation and the Congregation for …
read moreBenedict XVI named new consultors for both the Congregation for Saints' Causes and the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The Vatican announced Saturday the new appointments. They …
read moreThe Church in Japan is anticipating the beatification of 188 of its martyrs next week as an event that is expected to require 2,500 volunteers and priests from all over the nation to offer the …
read moreThe heroic virtue of Sister Maria Troncatti, a Salesian who served the indigenous peoples of Ecuador, has been recognized by the Congregation for Saints' Causes. The decree was presented today …
read moreBenedict XVI appointed Archbishop Angelo Amato to lead the Congregation for Saints' Causes. Archbishop Amato, 70, was the secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He …
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