Pedro Ballester’s Sainthood Cause Advances After Life of Faith and Suffering
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Pope Leo XIV issued decrees advancing the sainthood causes of five candidates, including a Dutch nun who served in St. Louis in the early 20th century.
Pope Leo XIV just referred to Pope Francis as having “entered heaven.” That’s not how the Catholic Church has ever spoken about a deceased pontiff. Tradition demands prayer for the...
Pope Leo XIV just said Pope Francis has “entered heaven.” Not “may he rest in peace.” Not “pray for his soul.” A declaration of sainthood — without a canonization, without a cause,...
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K Yoder, OSV St. Francis of Assisi was declared a saint nearly 800 years ago, just two years after his death. Not until much more recently — about 50 years ago — was the beloved.....
Last week, the Diocese of Salford, England, formally announced that a cause for canonization had been opened for Pedro Ballester, a young man who died from cancer aged 21.
"The church does not canonize based on what seems likely or inspiring," writes Fr. Augustine Judd. "She proceeds with great care, relying on what can be clearly established and dem...
The decision about the Polish American priest who ministered for years in Soviet captivity "does not diminish the enduring spiritual value of his life, witness, and legacy," the Di...
Advocates point to pastoral symbolism and a ‘widespread perception of a religious figure who profoundly marked his time’ for beatification, with no reference to traditional criteri...
Vatican journalist Salvatore Cernuzio's new book, Padre: An Untold Portrait of Pope Francis, is a narrative built from proximity, trust and the unusual, intimate relationship betwe...
On this 19th day of the month we celebrate Feast day of one counted as a saint, but whom Dante put in Hell for having made “the great refusal”. St. Peter Celestine (+1296)/ Just g...
The Milan Archdiocese marked the formal end of the diocesan phase of the sainthood cause of Msgr. Luigi Giussani, founder of the Communion and Liberation movement. His case now adv...
S. V. Arbogast, First Things Twenty-six years ago, John Cardinal O'Connor launched Dorothy Day's candidacy for sainthood: "It has long been my contention that Dorothy Day is a sai...
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Pedro Ballester could be the first Gen Z saint (Picture: Opus Dei/Cover Images) A British student who died of cancer in 2018 could potentially become the Catholic Church’s first...
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The canonization process for Sybil Kathigasu underscores how Pope Francis’s legacy continues to shift the lines of Catholicism, in subtle and surprising ways.
The recent decision to halt the cause underscores the exacting standards applied by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints The post The Vatican halts another canonization case: the...
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