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Saints Theology

Australian scholars welcome news of honour for St John Henry Newman

Australian scholars have welcomed news that St John Henry Newman, the 19th-century saint who is probably the greatest Catholic English intellectual of the past 500 years, will soon become a Doctor of the Church. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Saints

British saint to be declared Doctor of the Universal Church

St John Henry Newman will soon be declared a Doctor of the Universal Church, the Vatican announced yesterday. Source: Crux.

Feast Day Saints

Celebrating feast day of Saint Mary MacKillop

Mary MacKillop Place, the Sisters of Saint Joseph and Mary MacKillop Today are inviting people to celebrate the feast day of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop on Friday, August 8.

Saints

Blessed Frassati’s coffin to be moved to Rome for Jubilee of Youth

The coffin holding the incorrupt body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth from July 26 to August 4. Source: CNA.

Saints

Date set for joint canonisation of young blesseds

Pope Leo XIV will canonise Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together on September 7, the Vatican announced. Source: CNS.

Saints

Beatification for Polish nuns martyred in World War II

Their names may have faded from history books, but on May 31, the Church officially remembered 15 Polish nuns who were martyred during World War II. Source: OSV News.

Europe Saints

Mixed reaction to public display of Spanish saint’s remains

The first public display in more than a century of the corpse of Spain’s beloved saint who died 440 years ago has split opinion, with some inspired and deeply moved, while others see it as macabre voyeurism. Source: Catholic Herald.

Europe Saints

Lisieux celebrates centenary of canonisation of ‘The Little Flower’

Catholics in Normandy commemorated the 100th anniversary of St Thérèse’s of Lisieux’s canonisation with three days of solemn celebrations on May 16-18. Source: OSV News.

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Vatican postpones canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis

The canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis has been postponed following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Source: CNA.