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From alcoholic to future saint: The inspiring conversion of Ireland’s Matt Talbot 

June 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Venerable Matt Talbot, an Irishman whose journey from alcoholism to the heights of holiness has inspired many who struggle with addiction, is being considered for sainthood in the Catholic Church.  / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Ju… […]

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Guatemalan physician Ernesto Cofiño declared Venerable 

December 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Dr. Ernesto Cofiño was a pediatrician in Guatemala and father of five. / Credit: Opus Dei

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2023 / 17:45 pm (CNA).
With the authorization of Pope Francis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints promulgated on Dec. 14 dec… […]

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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

Vatican City, May 22, 2023 / … […]

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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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Meet the six newest venerable servants of God in the Catholic Church

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

The sainthood causes of Father Miguel Costa y Llobera (1854–1922) and Sister Maria Margherita Diomira of the Incarnate Word (1651–1657) were advanced by Pope Francis on Jan. 19, 2023. / Credit: Montanyes Regalades, public domain, via Wikimedia C… […]

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Transparency and the mystery of Ven. Fulton Sheen’s postponed beatification

December 14, 2022 MIchael R. Heinlein 29

In a recent interview with America Media, Pope Francis — in response to a question about transparency and clergy sexual abuse — remarked: “If there is less transparency, it is a mistake.” This is a […]

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