PEORIA (IL) The Journal Star [Peoria IL] August 18, 2021. It is believed that he received thousands of letters weekly during this period of his life. The miracle approved for his cause involved Charle, a carpenters apprentice working on restoring a chapel in Saumur, France, who fell more than 50 feet, hitting a bench whose armrest pierced his left side and came out at the back at the base of his rib cage. What a fine example of holiness for every believer!". document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Known as Lazarus, this Indian layman converted to Catholicism from Hinduism, and was killed in 1752 for refusing to refute his faith despite being brutally tortured. Pope Francis canonized Lazarus Devasahayam on May 15, 2022, making him the first lay martyr in India to be canonized a saint. here. Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia at a young age. pic.twitter.com/joxnixZXcs. A spiritual student of Father Mauro Venuti, she became a leader of the Daughters of Mary in the parish of San Antonio Abate at age 21. Although a miracle has been approved for his beatification, it has been suspended indefinitely for now, in part due to a disagreement between the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Peoria, IL about where his bodily remains should be exhumed and examined. The May 15 ceremony will be the Catholic Churchs first canonization Mass since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. -Charles de Foucauld: A French soldier and explorer who became a Trappist monk and Catholic missionary to Muslims in Algeria. After a long delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis has set May 15, 2022, as the date for the canonization of Blessed Foucauld and six others. saints and blessed - Tag List - Vatican News saints and blessed - Tag List - Vatican News . Those canonized will bring to 909 the saints Pope Francis has recognized officially during his pontificate; the figure includes the 813 "Martyrs of Otranto," who were killed in the southern Italian city in 1480 and declared saints in 2013. -Maria Domenica Mantovani: The first general superior of the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, which she co-founded to serve the poor, orphaned, and the sick in Italy in 1892. We provide news about the Church and the world, as seen through the teachings of the Catholic Church. The whole work of the Council of Lyons is summed up in several Constitutions, . Csar de Bus, Bl. He resigned from the army when he was not allowed to bring his mistress with him when he traveled. Copyright 2017-2023 Dicasterium pro Communicatione - All rights reserved. Cause for the Canonization of Cora Evans Progresses to Rome, In a Few Words: The Writing of St. Francis de Sales, When I Hid from Home: A Meditation on Confession. //-->