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Seoul names patron saints for WYD 2027
Organisers of World Youth Day Seoul 2027 have announced the selection of five patron saints, saying they were chosen in light of the event’s themes of truth, love and peace. Source: Vatican News.
Parishioners prepare for feast day after receiving relic
Six months after receiving a first-class relic of St Faustina Kowalska and installing her statue, St Luke’s Parish in Sydney’s Revesby is preparing for Divine Mercy Sunday. Source: Catholic Weekly.
‘We could use more saints’: Centre helps speed up causes
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, a California-based initiative is working to help speed along sainthood causes among Americans, and to make the canonisation process more accessible overall. Source: OSV News.
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 IndiaÂ
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.