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Chapel housing first-class Padre Pio relic to open in Kansas this weekend

February 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The interior and side chapel of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Beloit, Kansas, which will house a first-class relic of St. Padre Pio starting Feb. 11, 2024. / Credit: Alan Holdren

CNA Staff, Feb 10, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
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What is equipollent canonization, and why do we need it?

April 28, 2021 Dawn Beutner 8

On April 24, Pope Francis used the process of equipollent canonization to declare Margaret of Castello to be a saint of the Church. What did he do, and why does this process exist? To answer […]