The Knights of Columbus have been promoting his sainthood cause and members of the Father McGivney Guild help to establish support for the cause.
Couple says miracle child’s Down syndrome a ‘blessing’ for family
Road to beatification for priest-founder of Knights runs through Tennessee
Five years ago, Dan and Michelle Schachle prayed to Father Michael McGivney to intercede with God to save their son who was given no hope of surviving a life-threatening case of fetal hydrops.
Postulator says he found no evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse
The commission involved in investigating the life of Pope John Paul II for sainthood cause found no evidence that the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals.
Sainthood cause for Dorothy Day picking up steam in U.S.
The sainthood cause for Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, believes it could have all of the documentation prepared at some point next year to send to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes.
Bishop ‘touched emotionally’ by film on Father Tolton’s boyhood, family
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry, postulator of Father Augustus Tolton’s sainthood cause, said he was “touched emotionally” by the portrayal of the African-American priest’s boyhood and family life in the new short film “Across.”
Pope wants canonization of slain Jesuit to move forward, ambassador says
Pope Francis has expressed strong support for the canonization of martyred Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, who was known as a champion of the poor and the oppressed at a time when El Salvador was on the threshold of a civil war, a war that eventually killed over 70,000 people.
Book says nuns found John Paul I dead, could help on path to sainthood
Two women may hold the key to clearing up questions still surrounding the death of Pope John Paul I and to overcoming the first hurdle on his path to canonization.
Pope approves new path to sainthood: heroic act of loving service
The document went into effect the same day of its publication July 11, with the title “Maiorem hac dilectionem,” which comes from the Gospel according to St. John (15:13): “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”