A Letter From St. Francis Xavier
4 December 2008
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Loading ...CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - On December 3 the Western Church remembers the great disciple of Jesus Christ and follower of St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis Xavier. His missionary voyages to Japan and to India continue to bear extraordinary fruit centuries later as we witness the courageous witness of the Christians of our day [...]
Kerala Celebrating St. Alphonsa, First Saint from India
By Nirmala Carvalho
11/11/2008
BHARANGANAM (AsiaNews) – More than 100,000 people took part in celebrations for the proclamation of the first Indian saint, Clarist sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, who was canonised on 12 October by Benedict XVI.
Card Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation of Eastern Churches, and former Indian President Abul Kalam, were present yesterday [...]
The Holy Father authorised the promulgation of decrees of the Congregation for the causes of saints
VATICAN CITY, 3 JUL 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in private audience Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:
MIRACLES
- Blessed, Fr. Damian de Veuster, Belgian professed priest of the Congregation of [...]
The Holy Father: catechesis about St. Isidore of Seville
VATICAN CITY, 18 JUN 2008 (VIS) - Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during this morning’s general audience to St. Isidore of Seville, who lived from 560 to 636 and whom the Council of Toledo in 653 defined as the “Glory of the Catholic Church”. The audience, held in St. Peter’s Square, was [...]