POPE Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint yesterday, completing a fast-tracked canonisation as the highlight of his “Holy Year of Mercy.” “Let us carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those ...

in view of Mother Teresa’s widespread reputation of holiness and the favors being reported, Pope John Paul II permitted the opening of her Cause of Canonization. On 20 December 2002 he approved ...

The Christian misfits did not lead comfortable lives. For this reason, among others, they tended to make others uncomfortable ...

The same applies to the Missionaries of Charity in Indonesia, who work in silence and without publicity. The canonization of Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, was greeted with joy ...

By signing the decree in the sainthood cause of the Georgia martyrs Jan. 27, the pope cleared the way for their beatification ...

Candles and wreaths left by Auschwitz survivors stand at the so-called ‘Death Wall’ at the Auschwitz I site on the 80th ...

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It seemed poetically fitting that my trip to Auschwitz would take me through Vienna ...

Teresa Youngblut, 21, was charged Wednesday in federal court with charges of using a deadly weapon to assault, resist or impede federal law enforcement, as well as another charge of assault with a ...

His beatification process is underway, with potential sainthood being a first for someone from the Congo, if confirmed. Kositi's courageous decision is celebrated as a Christian exemplar, inspiring a ...