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Pope clears way for beatification of Knights of Columbus founder

Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification.

Catholic Church called on saints for help, healing during plague

The Catholic Church has had a long tradition of calling on saints and praying for their intercession in sickness and difficult times.

Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona

She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young woman who was killed for her Christian faith, presumably in the second century A.D. But now, a pandemic is shedding light on her: St. Corona.

Pope signs decrees in causes for St. John Paul’s mentor, two martyrs

Pope Francis recognized the miracle needed for the beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, a mentor and friend of St. John Paul II.

Investigation underway into cause for sainthood for martyrs of Burundi

The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi are the focus of a recently opened investigation into their sainthood cause.

Local woman’s cure leads to Cardinal Newman canonization

Pope Francis announced July 1 that he will declare Blessed John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British cardinal, a saint Oct. 13. The cure of a local woman was the second miracle needed for canonization.

David Lee Csicsko: Making the saints accessible today

Well-known Chicago artist and lifelong Catholic David Lee Csicsko creates happy images of saints. With their bright colors, cheery round faces and objects relevant to the saints’ lives, such as roses for St. Therese of Lisieux, his images could be considered modern-day iconography.

Saints risk all for love of Jesus, pope says at canonization Mass

Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church.

October canonizations: Why we ask saints for their intercession

“I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth,” said St. Therese of Lisieux, as noted in “The Final Conversations.” And so she has, with at least four church-approved miracles involving physical healing attributed to her intercession, miracles that paved the way to sainthood for the beloved Carmelite nun.

St. William Parish celebrates feast of St. Rocco

Parishioners at St. William Parish, 2600 N. Sayre Ave., celebrated the 115th anniversary of a novena to St. Rocco Aug. 19, 2018.
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