By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY – A 19th-century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii, and died of the disease, will be declared a saint this year at a Vatican ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI. The Rev. Damien de Veuster’s canonizati...

After praying the Angelus, the Pope recalled the fact that tomorrow, November, 24, "the beatification will take place of 188 Japanese martyrs, both men and women, killed during the first half of the seventeenth century. On this occasion, so important for the Catholic community of Japan, I give assur...

The notice is from today's Vatican Information Service: Benedict XVI then went on to mention the fact that, on 29 November, Br. Jose Olallo Valdes of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God will be proclaimed a blessed in Cuba. "To his celestial protection", he said, "I entrust the Cuban people, es...

VATICAN CITY, 20 NOV 2008 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today announced two beatification ceremonies due to take place over coming days: Servant of God Peter Kibe Kasui, Japanese priest of the Company of Jesus, and 187 companions, killed in Japan between 1603 a...

VATICAN CITY, FEB. 13, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI announced he will dispense with the five-year waiting period established by Canon Law to open the cause of beatification of Sister Lucia, one of the three Fatima visionaries.The news was announced today in the cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal, b...

“Everything you wanted, but didn’t get for Christmas, is on sale now at Sears!!!” Do you remember this jingle from years ago, from Sears??? Hello babies… So I braved the throng of Boxing Day shoppers to get some gifts for people, I had not had the chance to do until today. I ...