Twelve years have passed since his death, but the presence and influence of Saint John Paul II in the hearts of the Filipino faithful is still very much alive today.
Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to the late Mother Teresa, clearing the path for the nun to be elevated to sainthood next year, the Vatican said on Friday.
Your mantra for the week: “I appreciate each breath I take. It is God’s greatest blessing.” Very often we...
The American missionary who founded Boystown and Girlstown in the Philippines has moved one step closer to sainthood after earning the title of “venerable,” which is bestowed by the Pope on those who have lived a life of heroic virtue.
A Mohawk woman will on Sunday become the first Native American to be canonized a Catholic saint, in a ceremony in the Vatican 300 years after her death, and 1,500 fellow Canadians will be there.
More than a thousand pilgrims have signed up for various package tours organized to coincide with the canonization rites that will make Blessed Pedro Calungsod a saint. The special event happens in Rome on Oct. 21 with open-air ceremonies in the square fronting St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican City, presided by Pope Benedict XVI.
“Dying is no big deal—everybody will manage it. Living is the trick,” says Red Smith, a Pulitzer Prize winner for column writing, not just sports writing, which he did all his life, himself living the trick until days before his death, at past 90.
Visayan Martyr Pedro Calungsod, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 5, 2005 in Rome, might be...
