MADRID, Spain — Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, inaugurated the Second Day of Studies of the Causes of Saints, organized by the Archdiocese of Madrid.

The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta in southern Spain has begun to receive requests from Catholics asking the diocese to promote the canonization process of Diego Valencia, the sacristan who was murdered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People pray in front of the tomb of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI inside the grottos of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican ...

UPPER DARBY — “I think he will fit very beautifully into the niche of the communion of saints as a very special patron.” Those are the words of The Most Reverend Charles Chaput, former Archbishop of ...

Monsignor Alberto Royo Mejía is the promoter of the faith in the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. His current function is, in fact, the same one that was formerly performed by the so-called ...

(RNS) — The first formation center for canonization in the United States is scheduled to open at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, in early 2026. The Center for ...

The general postulator of the Society of Jesus said he has begun compiling all of the writings of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe and seeking eyewitnesses who can attest to the holiness of order's late ...

The canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint in the Catholic Church, will take place on Sunday, September 7. Acutis, an Italian teenager who died from leukemia in 2006, has been ...

The Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 of a rare form of leukemia at age 15, will soon become the Catholic Church's first "millennial saint." Acutis was a computer programmer who created ...

(RNS) — The first formation center for canonization in the United States is scheduled to open at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, in early 2026. The Center for ...