My Cousin the Saint | Justin Catanoso » heroic virtue http://www.justincatanoso.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Newly named saints http://www.justincatanoso.com/2009/05/01/newly-named-saints/ http://www.justincatanoso.com/2009/05/01/newly-named-saints/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 18:22:34 +0000 justin http://www.justincatanoso.com/?p=330 VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named five new saints April 26, including Portugal’s 14th century independence leader and a priest who ministered to factory workers at the dawn of the industrial era. Speaking in a packed St. Peter’s Square, Benedict praised each of the five as a model for the faithful, saying their lives and works were as relevant today as when they were alive. Full story here.

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The Vatican reports that nine Catholic heroes are closer to sainthood as the result of recent declarations by Pope Benedict XVI. The story is here. This is interesting insofar as Benedict was seen by many upon becoming pope in 2005 as dramatically slowing down the number of saints and blesseds named. This does not appear to be the case; at the very least, he seems to be looking favorably among those in the long pipeline filled by his predecessor (and prodigious saint maker) Pope John Paul II.

Now the big question is: when will JPII make the list? A miracle has been credited to him, which would clear the way for beatification, but it has not yet been approved. What’s the status?

Photo by Len Catanoso Jr. during the canonization of Padre Gaetano Catanoso

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