The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of British missionary John Bradburne, a lay member of the Order of St. Francis.
Cause for beatification of British missionary in Zimbabwe opens Sept. 5
Argentine martyrs’ road to beatification recalls period of military rule
The four churchmen are collectively known as the Martyrs of La Rioja. They will be beatified April 27 at a ceremony in La Rioja, 700 miles northwest of Buenos Aires in the arid Andean foothills.
Slovak teen to be beatified as martyr to purity
A 16-year-old peasant girl will be beatified as a martyr in Slovakia, seven decades after she was shot in front of her family for resisting rape by a drunken Soviet soldier.
Paraguayan Catholics rejoice for beatification of one of their own
The miraculous healing of Angel Ramon in the department of San Pedro was attributed to the intercession of the venerable Servant of God Maria Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in a March 7 decree announcing her beatification from the Congregation for Saints’ Causes.
Blessed Solanus lived out faith, hope, charity every day, says cardinal
A congregation of 66,000 people filled Ford Field, home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions, which was transformed for the Mass where a large painting of Blessed Solanus was unveiled after the beatification rite at the beginning of Mass Nov. 18.
Beatification will see ‘Jesus planting his cross’ in heart of Detroit
On Nov. 18, more than a few Hail Marys will be thrown around inside Ford Field. And unlike a football game, every single prayer will be answered.
Assassin happy for beatification of Indian Clarist nun
An Indian nun, Clarist Sister Rani Maria Vattalil, stabbed to death in 1995 will be beatified Nov. 4, and one of those who will celebrate is her assassin, Samandar Singh.
Beloved friar known for cures, wise counsel to be beatified Nov. 18
On Nov. 18, Father Solanus Casey, a Capuchin Franciscan, will be the second American-born male to be beatified, after Father Stanley Rother.