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Vatican City, Apr 20, 2017 / 03:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his trip to Portugal for the centenary of the Fatima Marian apparitions next month, Pope Francis will canonize visionaries Francisco and Jacinta Marto, making them the youngest non-martyrs to ever be declared saints.The children will be canonized during Pope Francis' May 13 Mass in Fatima. The decision for the date was made during a April 20 consistory of cardinals, which also voted on the dates of four other canonizations, in addition to that of Francisco and Jacinta, that will take place this year.Some martyrs who will soon be saints are diocesan priests Andrea de Soveral and Ambrogio Francesco Ferro, and layman Matteo Moreira, killed in hatred of the faith in Brazil in 1645; and three teenagers – Cristóbal, Antonio, and Juan – killed in hatred of the faith in Mexico in 1529, who will be canonized October 15.Bl. Angelo da Acri, a Capuchin priest who died in October 1739, and Faustino Mígue...
Fatima, Portugal, Apr 20, 2017 / 06:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The niece of Blessed Franciso and Jacinta Marto has voiced excitement for the coming canonization of her relatives, sharing stories of the time of the Fatima apparitions and personal memories of what it was like growing up in a family that had saints among its members.“My family, my grandparents, my parents, all of us always accepted it as a gift from God,” Jacinta Pereiro Marto told CNA in an interview.“God chose my uncle and aunt because this is what he wanted, so much that my grandfather used to say that the Virgin wanted to come to Fatima and she chose his children, but that we didn't deserve anything,” she said.Because of this attitude instilled in the family by her grandfather – father to Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto – “we always lived very simply because God chose, and he chooses who he wants. We don't deserve anything.”Marto, 74, is the daughter of Joao ...
Cairo, Egypt, Apr 20, 2017 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Egyptian police on Sunday arrested 13 people who were planning attacks against Christians and public institutions in the country.The April 16 arrests take on greater importance as Pope Francis prepares to visit Egypt at the end of the month.According to Aid to the Church in Need, the arrests of these terrorists reveal “how these extremist groups continue to target the Christian community after the double attack against two churches in Tanta and Alexandria on Palm Sunday.”The attacks of April 9 which caused the death of 44 Christians and injured more than 100, were claimed by the Islamic State, which led the authorities to implement security measures outside churches.The attacks made the government decree a state of emergency for three months, to which was joined the decision by some Christians to celebrate discretely Easter Sunday .Egypt has a population of 92 million people who are mostly Muslim. Christians are abo...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will declare thesainthood of Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, two of the shepherdchildren who saw Mary in Fatima, Portugal, during his visit to the site of the apparitions May13. The date was announced April 20 during an "ordinarypublic consistory," a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters ofsainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.At the same consistory, the pope set Oct. 15 as the date for thecanonizations of twopriests and two groups of martyrs, including Blessed Cristobal, BlessedAntonio and Blessed Juan -- also known as the "Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala" -- who were amongthe first native converts in Mexico. They were killed between 1527 and 1529 forrefusing to renounce the faith and return to their people's ancient traditions.Pope Francis will preside over the canonization ceremony ofthe Fatima visionaries during his visit to Fatima May 12-13.The pilgrimage will mark the 100th anniv...
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Denver, Colo., Apr 20, 2017 / 12:11 am (Denver Catholic).- It seems providential that a new order of Discalced Carmelite nuns, whose charism is to know and to make known the glory of the Holy Trinity, has arrived to Denver to care for the archdiocese’s Holy Trinity Center.The six Allied Discalced Carmelites of the Holy Trinity are the first nuns of their order, which was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to open a convent in the United States.“It is by the grace of God,” Mother Martha Patricia Malacara, superior of the community, told the Denver Catholic. “He is making history (here).“We want to thank Archbishop Samuel Aquila for welcoming us,” she added, “we are very grateful.”Founded by Sister Martha Maria Ramirez-Mora on July 16, 1986, the order has 200-plus nuns serving in various apostolates – ranging from assisting at nursing homes to retreat centers – in Mexico, Italy, Rome, Argentina and Chile.The semi-cloistered nuns...
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Five days before a rampage that left three men dead, Kori Ali Muhammad shot an unarmed security guard who he felt had insulted him at a Motel 6 when he visited a woman at the hotel, police said....
