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Date set for beatification of ‘God’s microphone’
Television evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified on September 24, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced yesterday. Source: NCR Online.
Legal action threatened over misuse of St Teresa’s name
The Missionaries of Charity, the congregation founded by St Teresa of Kolkata, has threatened to take legal action against those misusing its founder’s name, image, words and persona for fundraising and publicity. Source: UCA News.
Relics of St Francis draw more than 370,000 pilgrims
Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on Sunday night as Franciscan friars closed the month-long public veneration of the bones of St Francis of Assisi, which drew more than 370,000 pilgrims. Source: OSV News.
Australians join Mary Glowrey celebrations in India
Eight Australians joined a joyful congregation of more than 1500 for celebrations in India to mark the declaration of Venerable Mary of the Sacred Heart Glowrey. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Thousands pray before exposed relics of St Francis
Hundreds of pilgrims lined up before dawn on Sunday to be among the first to pray before the exposed relics of St Francis in his basilica in Assisi, Italy. Source: National Catholic Register.
US archbishop to be beatified after six-year pause
United States archbishop and evangelist Venerable Fulton Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced yesterday. Source: OSV News.
UK university student being considered for canonisation
A young man from Manchester, England, who “committed himself totally to God” could one day be included among the ranks of St Carlo Acutis and St Pier Giorgio Frassati as calls continue for him to be named a saint. Source: EWTN News.
Pope adds St John Henry Newman feast day to universal calendar
Pope Leo XIV has added the feast day of St John Henry Newman to the General Roman Calendar so that “his Optional Memorial be celebrated by all on 9 October”. Source: OSV News.
Hundreds of thousands register to venerate St Francis relics
About 350,000 people have registered to venerate the relics of St Francis of Assisi — the first public display of the bodily remains of the beloved saint. Source: EWTN News.