With Pope Leo XIV's proclamation, the priest commonly known as "Father Flanagan" is now officially declared "venerable." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pioneering TV evangelist, who set the course for EWTN founder Mother Angelica as a mass preacher of Catholic values, has taken a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEORIA — The Catholic Diocese of Peoria has been given the green light from the Vatican to move forward in the beatification ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Former Rochester Bishop Fulton Sheen is set to be beatified this year, one step below sainthood. The ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The founder of Boys Town is another step closer to sainthood. According to the archdiocese’s release on Monday, Pope Leo XIV has officially bestowed Father Flanagan with the title ...

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SHREVEPORT, La. - Five Catholic priests from France gave their lives during the yellow fever epidemic of 1873 in Shreveport in order to care for the sick and dying. Now known as the Shreveport Martyrs ...

PEORIA — The Catholic Diocese of Peoria has been given the green light from the Vatican to move forward in the beatification process for Archbishop Fulton Sheen, according to Bishop Louis Tylka. Tylka ...

Pope Leo XIV put the Rev. Edward Joseph Flanagan a step closer to possible sainthood Monday as he proclaimed the “heroic virtues” of the founder of Boys Town, a Nebraska home for at-risk youths that ...