St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park, Calif. (Image courtesy of Google Maps) (RNS) — The first formation center for canonization in the United States is scheduled to open at St. Patrick’s ...

In April 8, 2005, something happened in Rome that hadn’t happened for over 1,400 years: the congregation at a papal funeral Mass spontaneously proclaimed the deceased Pontiff a saint. The honoree was ...

The Catholic Church makes saints to give the faithful role models. The process is cloaked in secrecy and open to criticism, given that it deals with science-defying miracles and notoriously ...

Recently, I got into a vigorous debate with a good friend who is also a good Catholic. He longs for the eventual canonization of the Irish alcoholic Venerable Matt Talbot (d. 1925). He says the Holy ...

(RNS) — The first formation center for canonization in the United States is scheduled to open at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, in early 2026. The Center for ...

Sister Thea Bowman, a key figure in the Black Catholic Movement, is advancing toward sainthood. Born in Mississippi in 1937, Bowman was a Franciscan sister, educator, and advocate for intercultural ...