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Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, right, and Mayor Muriel Bowser of the District of Columbia, left, participate in the dedication and blessing of Sister Thea Bowman Drive at The Catholic University of America in Washington April 29, 2022. Sister Bowman, who died in 1990, is one of six Black Catholics who are candidates for sainthood. Her sainthood cause was opened in 2018 and she has the title "Servant of God." (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Catholic University names street in honor of Sister Thea Bowman

Richard Szczepanowski|May 2, 2022|4 Min Read

This is an image for the Open Window Theatre's production of "Frassati," a play exploring the life of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who loved the outdoors, politics and the poor. The theater in suburban St. Paul, Minn., was hosting a free livestream of the full-length performance on Facebook and YouTube April 6, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. CST. (CNS photo/courtesy Open Window Theatre)

Livestream of 'Frassati' April 6 explores life of sainthood candidate

Maria Wiering|Apr 5, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis has approved the canonization of Blessed Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite martyred at the Dachau concentration camp. Blessed Brandsma, pictured in an undated photo, is scheduled to be canonized May 15 at the Vatican along with nine others. (CNS photo/courtesy Titus Brandsma Institute)

Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed Brandsma, others

Carol Glatz|Mar 4, 2022|3 Min Read

Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, former head of the Vatican congregation for religious and council for the laity, is pictured in a photo from 1998, the year he died. (CNS photo/Michael Edrington)

Faith

Pope advances causes of four religious, cardinal who organized first WYDs

Carol Glatz|Feb 18, 2022|2 Min Read

Images are displayed on a screen of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande and Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto, top row, and laymen Nelson Rutilio Lemus and Manuel Solórzano, during their beatification Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 22, 2022. (CNS photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)

World

El Salvador welcomes four new martyrs, symbols of Vatican II church

Rhina Guidos|Jan 23, 2022|6 Min Read

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Ronald A. Hicks listens to a speaker Nov. 13, 2018, at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. As El Salvador gets ready for four beatifications Jan. 22, 2022, Bishop Hicks, who spent time as a missionary in the Central American country, says there's a lot to glean from lives of the four martyrs from the tiny nation. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

World

U.S. bishop with a Salvadoran heart weighs in on historic beatifications

Rhina Guidos|Jan 19, 2022|5 Min Read

Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton, a candidate for sainthood, is seen in Long Beach, Calif., in this 1948 file photo. The priest's gratitude for a miraculous healing led him to create a media ministry that popularized the life-changing idea that "the family that prays together stays together." (CNS photo/Robyn Kenney, courtesy Holy Cross Family Ministries)

Faith

New postulator named for Father Peyton's sainthood cause

Catholic News Service|Jan 14, 2022|4 Min Read

Stained glass window dedicated to the five priests who died during the 1873 yellow fever pandemic in St. John Berchmans Cathedral, Shreveport, Louisiana. (Shreveport Martyrs Facebook Page via Crux)

Cannes to show documentary on Louisiana priests on path to sainthood

John Lavenburg|Jan 7, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope John Paul I, who served as pope for 33 days in 1978, is seen in this photo released by the Vatican Dec. 7, 2010. Pope Francis will beatify Pope John Paul I Sept. 4, 2022, at the Vatican, according to Stefania Falasca, a journalist and vice postulator of the late pope's sainthood cause. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

September 2022 date set for beatification of John Paul I

Cindy Wooden|Dec 23, 2021|2 Min Read

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan addresses the congregation during a Mass marking the conclusion of the Archdiocese of New Yorks investigation of Dorothy Day's candidacy for sainthood Dec. 8, 2021, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith

Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day's sainthood cause

Beth Griffin|Dec 9, 2021|6 Min Read

Father Cayetano Giménez Martín, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War who will be beatified along with 15 companionions in Granada, Feb. 26, 2022. (Archdiocese of Granada via CNA)

Faith

Sixteen martyrs of the Spanish Civil War to be beatified in Granada

Blanca Ruiz|Dec 1, 2021|3 Min Read

Blessed Charles de Foucauld is pictured in an undated photo. After a long delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis has set May 15, 2022, as the date for the canonization of Blessed Foucauld and six others. Born in Strasbourg, France, in 1858, Blessed de Foucauld lost his faith during his adolescence but rediscovered it after after being inspired by Muslims during a visit to Morocco. (CNS photo/courtesy of I.Media)

Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed de Foucauld, others

Cindy Wooden|Nov 9, 2021|3 Min Read

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