Derry nun's family 'proud' as sainthood journey begins
In November, Sr Clare was declared a Servant of God by the Catholic Church - the first step towards becoming a saint. The ...
These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints
A group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution were canonised by Pope ...
Sister Blandina Segale's sainthood cause advances with Vatican support
Sister Blandina Segale, a Cincinnati Sister of Charity known for her work in the Wild West, has taken a significant step toward sainthood.
America is divided. Can religion provide a better way?
Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy,” author Jonathan Rauch writes about what President Dallin H. Oaks of The Church ...
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Intense faith or raw fanaticism?
The communal ecstasy in the most awesome display of Catholic faith in the Philippines can be quite bewildering as a multitude of devotees jostle and surge in a sea of humanity at the Traslacion, the ...
Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel
Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an ...
See why half a million people are flocking to the Vatican
As the Jubilee year kicks off in Rome, more than half a million visitors have flocked to the Vatican to walk through the Holy Doors at St Peter’s Basilica. CNN’s Antonia Mortensen brings you to the ...