Posts Tagged ‘sainthood’

Another step in Smiling Pope John Paul I path to canonisation

Friday, August 1st, 2014

Another step is soon to be taken in the path to canonisation of the “smiling pope”, John Paul I. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone announced that the position document for the beatification of Pope John Paul I will be submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the northern autumn. This sets out the pros Read more

Wild West nun who challenged Billy the Kid could be a saint

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

A nun who challenged Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid could one day be declared a saint by the Catholic Church. Sante Fe Archdiocese has received permission from the Vatican to open the cause of Sr Blandina Segale, who was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati. Sr Blandina taught poor children in Colorado in the 1870s Read more

First step towards sainthood taken for PNG Bishop

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

On 15 April Pope Francis authorised the Congregation of the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree regarding the heroic virtues of Bishop Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu, the second vicar apostolic of Papua New Guinea.  This is the first step in the process that leads to sainthood. His cause was opened in 1984  and was forwarded Read more

Pope Paul VI miracle approved

Friday, February 28th, 2014

Theologians have approved a miracle attributed to the intervention of Pope Paul VI. Experts at the Congregation for Saints Causes have recognised the healing of an unborn child through the intercession of the late Roman pontiff. This is another step on the path to possible canonisation as a saint for Paul VI, who was one Read more

Sainthood one step closer for Suzanne Aubert

Friday, February 21st, 2014

The Sisters of Compassion have announced that as part of the process for obtaining the canonisation of Suzanne Aubert, an historical consultation took place on 4th February. The votes were unanimously positive for her cause to proceed. The process for seeking sainthood for Suzanne Aubert began in the 1980s. Jessie Munro wrote a biography of Read more

Miracle puts Paul VI one step closer to sainthood

Friday, December 20th, 2013

Vatican officials have approved what they believe to be a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul VI, putting the pontiff who served for much of the 1960s and ’70s one step closer to possible sainthood. The Vatican’s Medical Commission of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints said the healing of an unborn Read more

The boring business of being a (girl) saint

Friday, October 18th, 2013

Somewhere in purgatory there must be a very large room filled with artists and writers doing time for the bad paintings, statues, and biographies of female saints they produced during their lifetime. I do not want this to be the case. Yet, when I think about all the images of consumptive 14-year-old girls that adorned Read more

Saints John Paul II and John XXIII

Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

Today’s announcement by Pope Francis of the canonization of Blessed John Paul II was not a surprise. From the time of his death in 2005, when crowds shouted “Santo Subito!” in St. Peter’s Square, to Pope Benedict XVI’s waiving of the normal five-year rule (the process of canonization normally doesn’t begin until five years after Read more

John Paul II closer to declaration of sainthood

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

Theologians at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints have approved a second miracle granted through the intercession of Blessed John Paul II, moving him closer to being declared a saint. Although the process is
supposed to be secret at this point, the Italian news agency ANSA reported that the proclamation of sainthood “needs only the Read more

Sainthood cause for Archbishop Romero is ‘unblocked’

Friday, April 26th, 2013

The Vatican official responsible for the sainthood cause of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador says his cause has been “unblocked” by Pope Francis. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia gave no further details of why the cause had been blocked in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Archbishop Romero was shot in 1980 as he Read more