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Not really a surprising bit of news — but a very nice one nonetheless: Deacon Jack Sullivan, from the Archdiocese of Boston Massachusetts, is to proclaim the Gospel at the Cardinal Newman’s Beaitifcation Mass to be celebrated by Pope Benedict, at Cofton Park Birmingham, on Sunday 19 September. Rev Sullivan was miraculously cured from a…

A priest some consider a modern martyr is on the path to sainthood. Fr. Stanley Rother was murdered in Guatemala nearly 30 years ago, and his cause has now been sent to Rome. From Zenit: Father Rother (1935-1981) was a priest of the Oklahoma City Archdiocese sent in 1968 to work in a Guatemala mission…

It could happen. I didn’t get a chance to post this last week, but it’s noteworthy for so many reasons. Thursday night, Bishop DiMarzio formally opened the cause for the canonization of the late, great Msgr. Bernard J. Quinn — the first time that’s happened in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Quinn was a pioneer in…

On Saturday, the church is beatifying for the first time a journalist — Manuel Lorenzo Garrido, known as “Lolo” — and the video below is a poignant look at his life and work.
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