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Sheen rally coming to Illinois aims to reignite his beatification Mass

July 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Boston, Mass., Jul 4, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Fulton Sheen Movement has announced plans for a “Fulton Sheen Rally” — an all-day event on Sunday, July 9, at Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glen, Illinois. The famil… […]

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Fatima’s Sister Lucia is one step closer to being beatified

October 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Vatican City, Oct 18, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA).
The cause for beatification of Sister Lucia dos Santos, the eldest child to witness the Fatima apparitions, has taken a step forward. In a meeting at the … […]

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Did a saint work in Catholic campus ministry? Bismarck diocese opens inquiry for Michelle Duppong

June 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Michelle Duppong, about whom the Diocese of Bismarck has opened an investigation with a view to a cause for beatification. / University of Mary

Denver Newsroom, Jun 20, 2022 / 14:26 pm (CNA).
Michelle Duppong was a North Dakota Catholic woman w… […]

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Woman who endured neglect and abuse declared venerable by Pope Francis

April 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Maria Aristea Ceccarelli. / camilliani.org.

Vatican City, Apr 12, 2022 / 08:55 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has advanced the beatification cause of an Italian laywoman who was neglected by her parents, abused by her husband, and suffered prolonged he… […]

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27 Dominican martyrs of Spanish Civil War to be beatified in June

March 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Twenty of the Dominicans martyred during the Spanish Civil War who will be beatified June 18 in the Seville Cathedral. / Order of Preachers

Seville, Spain, Mar 9, 2022 / 16:19 pm (CNA).
On June 18 the Seville Cathedral will host the beatificati… […]

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Beatification cause of Sister Bernardita de la Inmaculada Sesso advances

February 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Sister Bernardita de la Inmaculada Sesso, who died Dec. 12, 2001. / Hermanas Pobres Bonaerenses de San José

Rome, Italy, Feb 10, 2022 / 14:43 pm (CNA).
The Argentine bishops’ representative for the causes of saints, Bishop Santiago Olivera of t… […]

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Akash Bashir, who died protecting Catholic worshippers in Pakistan, named a Servant of God

February 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Akash Bashir, who has been named a Servant of God. / Aid to the Church in Need

Lahore, Pakistan, Feb 1, 2022 / 16:40 pm (CNA).
When a suicide bomber attempted to enter a Catholic church in Pakistan in 2015, a 20-year-old  volunteer securit… […]

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Evidence for Dorothy Day’s sainthood cause sent to the Vatican

December 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Dorothy Day. / Jim Forest via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

New York City, N.Y., Dec 10, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
More than a dozen boxes containing evidence of Servant of God Dorothy Day’s reputation for holiness are on their way to the Vatican, aft… […]

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Father Bill Atkinson canonization cause completes first phase, moves onto Rome

October 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Thomas Dailey, O.S.F.S.; Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Perez; Msgr. Gerald Mesure, archdiocesan chancellor; and Father Sean Bransfield, vice chancellor, hold the official documents for the canonization cause of Father Bill Atkinson dur… […]

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Father Kapaun imitated Christ’s love ‘throughout his ministry’, bishop says at funeral Mass

September 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Members of the U.S. Army carry the coffin containing the remains of Fr. Emil Kapaun to a hearse after they were unloaded in Kansas after a flight from Dallas that originated in Honolulu on Sept. 25. / Chris Riggs/Catholic Advance

Wichita, Kan., … […]

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