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Filipino diocese advances sainthood cause for lay catechist Laureana ‘Ka Luring’ Franco

August 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Mylo Hubert C. Vergara of the Diocese of Pasig in the Philippines announced in July 2024 that the Vatican has given permission to continue with the sainthood cause of Servant of God Laureana “Ka Luring” Franco. / Credit: Diocese of Pasig
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Tech-savvy Catholics embrace Carlo Acutis: ‘Saintliness is possible in this modern era’

June 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

A scene from “Digital Disciple: Carlo Acutis and the Eucharist” written by Philip Kosloski, the founder of Voyage Comics & Publishing. / Credit: Courtesy of Voyage Comics & Publishing

CNA Staff, Jun 11, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Fran… […]

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Vatican authorizes opening of cause for canonization for 13-year-old Filipina girl

March 18, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Vatican on March 16, 2024, determined that nothing prevents the opening of the cause for canonization of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines and whose grave has become a place of pilgrimage. / Credit: Dioce… […]

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Church in Sri Lanka to begin canonization process for hundreds killed in 2019 Easter attack

February 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A woman was seen paying tribute to victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks at a cemetery in Negombo, Sri Lanka. / Credit: Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 5, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is s… […]

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More than 130 Masses celebrated in 5 countries to promote Queen Isabella’s canonization

November 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Queen Isabella I of Castile, Spain. / Credit: New World Encyclopedia, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 29, 2023 / 12:55 pm (CNA).
On Nov. 26, 1504, Queen Isabella of Spain — known as “the Catholic” monarch — died, and more than … […]

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What is the process for canonization? A guide for All Saints’ Day 

November 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Detail of a mural showing Blessed Stanley Rother being welcomed into heaven at the new Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. / Credit: Joe Holdren/EWTN News

CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Nov. 1 is the solemnity of All Saint… […]

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 5 Things to know about Venerable Lucia dos Santos

June 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Lucia dos Santos via Public Domain.

Denver, Colo., Jun 22, 2023 / 11:55 am (CNA).
Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the Fatima visionaries, just had her cause for sainthood advanced by Pope Francis on June 22. Jacinta and Francisco Marto, th… […]

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A surfing saint? Pope Francis recognizes the heroic virtue of Guido Schäffer

May 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazil’s “Surfer Angel” Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on May 20, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesty of guidoschaffer.com.br

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Pope Francis puts a priest, three religious women, and two laywomen on path for sainthood

March 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Father Carlo Crespi Croci (1891-1982) holding a crucifix from his ethnographic collection in Cuenca, Ecuador. / Credit: Salesianos de Don Bosco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington D.C., Mar 23, 2023 / 15:11 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on… […]

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Process of beatification begins for Carmen Hernández, co-founder of Neocatechumenal Way

December 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Carmen Hernández, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way / Credit: Archimadrid

CNA Newsroom, Dec 2, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The beatification and canonization process for Carmen Hernández, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way, officially opens t… […]

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