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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.

Why do we have saints? Because we need heroes

The church has saints because people need heroes. So says Oblate Father William Woestman, promoter of justice for the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Metropolitan Tribunal, who has worked on the causes of several saints over the course of his ministry.

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