The Center for Sainthood Studies will host its first-ever certificate program in February, aiming to help people initiate a canonization process.
Pope Leo XIV will preside over this closed-doors, non-binding consultative meeting, to which all cardinals are invited, in a modification of Francis' style.
The state of Washington agreed on Friday, October 10, that Catholic priests would not be asked to violate the Seal of Confession, months after a federal court blocked the law from going into effect.
Bishop-elect Andres "Andy" C. Ligot was born in the Philippines and was incardinated in the Diocese of San Jose, California, in 2004.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Friday, July 18, preventing a law requiring priests to violate the Seal of Confession from going into effect.
Selling a relic is strictly forbidden, but there are pages and pages of purported relics on websites like eBay and Etsy. What's a Catholic to do?
"His public statements manifesting his refusal to recognize and submit to the Supreme Pontiff ... and of the legitimacy and magisterial authority of the Second Vatican Council are well known."
