Sister Lucia put on sainthood fast track
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Pope Benedict XVI has put Sister Lucia, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary during apparitions in 1917, on a fast-track to possible sainthood, the Vatican said Wednesday.
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The 19th century mystic nun who inspired some of the more controversial scenes of Mel Gibson&#39;s hit movie, The Passion of the Christ, was beatified on Sunday by Pope John Paul II.
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By Alejandro Alfonso  HAYWARD -- As the music of God's gospel reverberated through the pews filled with parishioners, outside in God's lobby recruiters stood ready to lead them onto a higher path.   The path of higher education.
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The Vatican issues new guidelines which will make the process of verifying saints more rigorous.
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worshipped the Virgin of Guadalupe on Sunday in much the same way that people of the Americas have honored her since the patron saint of the region first appeared to a poor Indian in Mexico in 1531.
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Girls Jessica Gray, Sacred Heart - Gray recorded her 150th career point against Southeastern as the Saints rolled to a 3-0 week with victories over the Hawks, West Bridgewater, and Bishop Connolly.
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St. Expedite might not even be a true saint, but that doesn't stop programmers and job seekers from asking for his help. Michelle Delio reports from New Orleans.
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Pope John Paul II on Sunday will beatify Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich, a sickly 19th century nun who claimed to have visions that gave her courtside seats at Jesus&#39; execution.
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The Pope has praised an Italian nun who forgave her killers as she lay dying after an attack in Somalia.
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LORETO, Italy  - A frail Pope John Paul travelled to a hilltop shrine near the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, putting three more Catholics on the road to sainthood during an open-air mass attended by some 200,000 pilgrims.
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Pope John Paul flies to Italy's Adriatic coast on Sunday to create three new Blesseds of the Roman Catholic Church.
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VATICAN CITY - Bitter memories of Spain's Civil War were on center stage here yesterday as the Vatican put 498 slain Spanish priests and nuns from that divisive era on the path to sainthood.
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AMERICA/CASTRIES(SANTA LUCIA)- Nomina del Coadiutore di Castries (Santa Lucia) CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI, in data 19 luglio 2007, ha nominato Arcivescovo Coadiutore di Castries (Santa Lucia) Sua Ecc. Mons. Robert Rivas, O.P., finora Vescovo della diocesi di Kingstown (San Vincenzo e Grena...
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Sisters of Mercy Health System is putting money and people on a project to improve patient care through information technology. The St.
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Cardinal Clemens August von Galen, a wartime German cleric who openly criticised the Nazis and their euthanasia killings, is set to be put on the path to Roman Catholic sainthood by Pope John Paul next year.
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Pope John Paul II will declare two controversial Roman Catholic figures blessed at a Vatican ceremony on Sunday. Beatification is the last step on the road to sainthood.
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NEW BEDFORD -- Archbishop Williams tricaptain Katie Kelly supplied a pair of rapid-fire goals in the final five minutes of the first half, igniting the sixth-seeded Bishops to a 3-1 win over Hopkinton in the Division 3 South girls' soccer final yesterday.