Parishioners at St. William Parish, 2600 N. Sayre Ave., celebrated the 115th anniversary of a novena to St. Rocco Aug. 19, 2018. The money collected is donated to parish ministries and other charities. The event is sponsored by the Society of St. Rocco di Potenza. The society was founded at St. Mary of Mount Carmel Parish by Paul Carelli after he prayed to the saint to heal his 5-year-old daughter from illness.
Pope sets consistory to consider declaring eight new saints Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven other people.
Local iconographer adds Pope Francis to Catholic heroes series In the days after Pope Francis died, Chicago-based iconographer Joe Malham recalled the moments that, for him, defined Francis’ papacy: washing the feet of women in a prison, embracing a man who suffered from a disfiguring disease, inviting a young girl with Down syndrome to sit on the stage next to him after she had wandered from her parents.
Pope clears way for three new saints, including first woman from Venezuela Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of three blesseds: an Armenian Catholic archbishop martyred during the Armenian genocide, a lay catechist from Papua New Guinea killed during World War II and a Venezuelan religious sister who dedicated her life to education and the poor.