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In a video message screened at the Shrine St John Vianney in Ars-sur-Formans, Cardinal Lazzaro Heung-sik You, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, reflects on the life of the saint on the centenary of his canonisation....
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Papua New Guinea's first saint will be canonised on 19 October 2025, as announced by Pope Leo XIV on Friday, 13 June, in the first Ordinary Consistory of his pontificate....
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Pope Leo XIV held the first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate on Friday morning, with Cardinals giving their formal approval for the canonizations of eight Blesseds. During the ceremony, the Holy Father announced that Bd Pier Giorgio Frassati and Bd Carlo Acutis will be canonized together on 7...
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Ahead of his canonisation, a new documentary moves beyond the stereotypes that mark the life of the soon-to-be first millennial saint and focuses on who he was as a boy from Milan....
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Pope Francis made a surprise announcement at his General Assembly on 20 November 2024 (World Children’s Day) that two young and inspiring Catholics – Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati – would be canonised during the Jubilee Year of 2025. ...
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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo has told a hybrid webinar organised on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the canonisation of the Uganda Martyrs that victims of the exploitation of Africa’s mineral resources are today’s modern-day Martyrs....
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Bishop Faddoul said the three Maronite laymen stand as role models for all laymen, showing how “courage and perseverance in the faith can pay off in the Church.”...
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Pope Francis presides at the Canonisation Mass for 14 new Saints, including 11 martyrs killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith, and upholds their Christian witness by noting they lived Jesus’ way of service....