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Did you know that Netflix has a series on Catholic relics called ‘Mysteries of the Faith’?

February 4, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Netflix highlights the fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in France in 2019 in which the crown of thorns that the Roman soldiers placed on the Lord’s head was almost lost in a new series called “Mysteries of the Faith.” / Credit: “Mysteries of … […]

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It’s official: St. Irenaeus to be declared a Doctor of the Church

January 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130-202). / Public Domain.

Vatican City, Jan 20, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
St. Irenaeus of Lyon is one step closer to being the first martyr to be declared a Doctor of the Church.Pope Francis met with the head of the Vati… […]

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Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland

November 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro presides at the beatification of Fr. Jan Macha in Katowice, Poland, Nov. 20, 2021. / Screenshot from Katedra Katowice YouTube channel.

Katowice, Poland, Nov 20, 2021 / 04:05 am (CNA).
A Catholic priest guillotined by … […]

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Vatican regulates the role of postulator in saints’ causes

October 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

A pilgrim attends the canonization of St. John Henry Newman in Rome, Oct. 13, 2019. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

Vatican City, Oct 19, 2021 / 07:05 am (CNA).
The Vatican has introduced formal regulations for postulators — those who help guide the proce… […]

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Heroic Catholic priest described as a ‘guardian angel’ in WWII is beatified

September 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The beatification of Fr. Giovanni Fornasini in Bologna, Italy, Sept. 26, 2021. / Antonio Minnicelli and Elisa Bragaglia.

Rome Newsroom, Sep 28, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).
As Allied forces bombed the Nazi-occupied Italian city of Bologna in the fall … […]

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Cardinal Wyszynski and Mother Czacka beatified in Poland

September 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro presides at the beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka in Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 12, 2021. / Archdiocese of Warsaw/ Polish Bishops’ Conference /W. Łączyński.

Warsaw, Poland, Sep 12, 2… […]

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Cardinal Semeraro: Blessed Carlo Acutis was ‘an authentic apostle of the rosary’

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Carlo Acutis. / carloacutis.com

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
A Vatican cardinal has said that Blessed Carlo Acutis’ love for praying the rosary in his “short but full” life exemplified timeless wisdom.Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, … […]

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