In 1902 in the disease-ridden Pontine Marshes, a disease-ridden region, 12-year-old Maria Goretti lives with her parents ... After her death she is canonized as a saint.

Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path ...

The Catholic Church’s first millennial saint will be canonized during a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, April 27. Many pilgrims will visit the medieval Umbrian town on a quick day trip ...

Tens of thousands more are expected to attend the canonization service in St. Peter’s Square on April 27. Vatican officials hope Pope Francis, who is still recovering from a serious bout of ...

to become saints,” said Cardinal Joan Josep Omella, the archbishop of Barcelona, after the Vatican announcement. “It’s a very important step toward beatification and the canonization of the ...

Gaudí is a rare case. Few artists become saints and no architect, in the modern understanding of the profession, has ever been canonized. Gaudí’s legacy is intrinsically linked with ...

Maximilian Glamuzina first learned about Blessed Carlo Acutis during a school Mass, when his pastor preached about the teenager's life and model of holiness. Glamuzina, no ...

Athlon Sports draft expert Luke Easterling assembled an all-star team of mock draft general managers from throughout the football media landscape for this first-round projection of the 2025 NFL ...

Northampton Saints have announced that Ella Bevan is to become the Premiership club's new chair of the board. Bevan has been a director since 2012 and will replace John White, who is standing down ...

956. The intercession of the saints. “Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness.... They do not cease to intercede with the ...