PEORIA – Bishop Daniel Jenky, Bishop of Peoria Illinois and Promoter for the Cause of Canonization for Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen announced today that the New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of Joan Sheen Cunnigham, the Archbishop’s niece. The...
VATICAN CITY – On December 18, 2017, Pope Francis declared Father Patrick Peyton, founder of Family Rosary Crusade and Family Theater Productions, venerable. Father Peyton was born on January 9, 1909 in County Mayo, Ireland to very devout parents who prayed the...
VATICAN CITY – In front of a crowd of nearly 35,000 pilgrims, Pope Francis canonized 35 new saints this week. Almost all of the newly canonized saints were martyrs. Pope Francis told those gathered in St. Peter’s Square that the lives of the saints offer...
Rome – Venerable Itala Mela’s parents were both atheist college professors and she herself left the Catholic Church after the death of her brother. But after an incredible re-conversion when she was eighteen years old, Itala dedicated her life to the study...
Father Stanley Rother, the first recognized American-born martyr, will be beatified on Sept. 23. Fr. Rother was a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma city. He served in Guatemala until he was martyred there in 1981. He is famous for returning to his Guatemalan...
