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A SAINT FOR OUR ISLANDS

Posted by - March 3, 2017
(This is the first of a series of articles which the Committee for the Canonization of Mother Margarita Maturana will publish in the next few months. The purpose of this…
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Fr. Maurizio Gronchi, professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome, speaks at the presentation of a book by Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, on Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Amoris Laetitia," at the Vatican Feb. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican canon law official explains provisions of ‘Amoris Laetitia’

Posted by - February 19, 2017
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The provisions of “Amoris Laetitia” allow people in irregular marriage situations access to the sacraments only if they recognize their…
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Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, is pictured in a 2000 photo. Bishop Virgilio Antunes of Coimbra, Portugal, formally closed the local phase of investigation into her life and holiness Feb. 13 in the Carmelite convent of St. Teresa in Coimbra, where she resided until her death in 2005 at the age of 97. (CNS photo/Paulo Carrico, EPA)

Diocesan phase of Fatima visionary’s sainthood cause completed

Posted by - February 19, 2017
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Diocese of Coimbra concluded its phase of the sainthood cause of Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of…
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