Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, or Saint Thérèse of Lisieux was born January 2, 1873 in Alençon, France to pious parents, both of whom were declared venerable by Pope John Paul II.

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, the “Mother Teresa” of Brazil ... President Jose Sarney in 1988. John Paul II, who called her work “an example ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a ...

Reports at the time said the pope was visibly moved by the visit, and Mother Teresa later called it “the happiest day of my life.” John Paul II also visited Australia, New Zealand, and the ...

Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints who oversaw numerous significant canonizations including that of Mother Teresa, died Dec. 31.