Catholic saints
Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 15, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest saints were proclaimed Sunday during a Mass celebrated by Francis in St. Peter's Square and attended by some 35,000 faithful, many of them pilgrims from the homelands of those being honored.
Saint day draws massive rally over poverty in Buenos Aires
By Fernando Poggi — August 8, 2017
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (RNS) — Hundreds of thousands of people marched during this year’s procession, many protesting the country’s endemic poverty, and demanded President Mauricio Macri declare a food emergency and increase government assistance for the poor.
New Native American saint Kateri Tekakwitha stirs mixed emotions
By Renée K. Gadoua — October 16, 2012
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday was declared the first Native American saint, and while some see her story as an affirmation of Native Americans' place in the Catholic Church, others view it as the result of the excesses and arrogance of colonialism. By Renee K. Gadoua.
Famed American Archbishop Fulton Sheen moves closer to sainthood
By Alessandro Speciale — June 28, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Archbishop Fulton Sheen moved one step closer to sainthood as Pope Benedict XVI recognized his "heroic virtues" and declared him "venerable." By Alessandro Speciale.
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