Beatification
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Who is Pauline Jaricot, the Catholic Church’s next blessed?
Some authors have described her as a mystic comparable to St. Catherine of Siena. Read more
Faith-based feminism pioneer and tireless wartime Catholic priest beatified together in Italy
The beatification of Armida Barelli and Father Mario Ciceri took place at Milan Cathedral. Read more
Pope Francis to beatify ‘smiling pope’ John Paul I in September 2022
The pope who reigned for 33 days will be beatified in St. Peter’s Basilica. Read more
Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland
Fr. Jan Macha was executed in 1942, after serving just 1,257 days as a priest. Read more
Pioneer of faith-based feminism and WWII priest to be beatified in April
Armida Barelli and Fr. Mario Ciceri will be beatified at Milan Cathedral. Read more
Blessed Carlo Acutis’ doctors recall his last days in hospital
Fifteen-year-old Carlo Acutis died within a week of being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, offering his suffering for the pope... Read more
Heroic Catholic priest described as a ‘guardian angel’ in WWII is beatified
Blessed Giovanni Fornasini was killed while trying to bury victims of a Nazi massacre. Read more
Cardinal Wyszynski and Mother Czacka beatified in Poland
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro said the new blesseds offered a ‘model of service.’ Read more
Miracle recipients to attend beatification of Cardinal Wyszynski and Mother Czacka
Karolina Gawrych will carry the relics of Mother Czacka at the beatification ceremony. Read more
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‘They showed us the way’: Poland’s bishops laud Cardinal Wyszynski and Mother Czacka ahead of beatification
The beatification ceremony will take place in Warsaw on Sept. 12. Read more
Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti: Nun stabbed to death by three teenage girls is beatified
Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti was beatified on June 6, the anniversary of her murder, in Chiavenna, northern Italy. Read more
Polish Catholics mark 100 days to beatification of Cardinal Wyszynski
The former Primate of Poland who heroically resisted communism will be beatified on Sept. 12, Read more
Countdown to beatification of martyred Italian nun begins with Eucharistic adoration
Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti was stabbed to death by three teenage girls in the town of Chiavenna, Italy, in 2000. Read more
Polyglot priest beatified after miraculous healing of unborn baby
Francis Mary of the Cross was declared blessed at a Mass at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. Read more
Rosario Livatino beatified in Sicily, honored as ‘martyr of justice and faith’
Blessed Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge brutally killed by the mafia in 1990, was beatified Sunday in the Cathedral of... Read more
Pope Francis applauds beatification of monks who died protecting the Eucharist
In his Regina Coeli address Sunday, Pope Francis applauded the beatification of six Cistercian monks who were martyred while trying... Read more
Soon-to-be-beatified Italian woman pioneered faith-based feminism
Armida Barelli, a lay Catholic leader who formed “generations of conscious and motivated women” in the faith, will be beatified... Read more
How a martyr killed by the mafia inspired a generation of Catholic lawyers
Soon-to-be Blessed Rosario Livatino was a Catholic judge brutally killed by the mafia in Sicily in 1990. Today his legal... Read more
Judge killed by mafia to be beatified
Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Rosario Livatino, a judge who was brutally killed by the mafia on his... Read more
Named for Father Michael McGivney, Catholic high school eager to celebrate beatification
The upcoming beatification of American priest Father Michael McGivney is a time for celebration and reflection for southern Illinois’ Father... Read more
