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Pope St. John Paul II in 1979. Credit: L'Osservatore Romano
Vatican City, 22 December, 2019 / 12:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Since a new decade begins Jan. 1, CNA offers a look back at some of the men and women named saints or blesseds during the last ten years.
2011
Blessed Hermann Lange, Eduard Müller and Johannes Prassek, priests martyred under the Nazi regime:
2012
St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen named doctors of the Church.
2013
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Popes John Paul II and John XXIII canonized as saints.
2015
St. Gregory of Narek named a doctor of the Church.
Junipero Serra, California missionary, canonized by Pope Francis in DC.
2016
Mother Teresa of Calcutta canonized.
Pope Francis beatifies martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
Pope Francis canonizes Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, a Carmelite nun of the 20th century
2018
Pope Francis canonizes Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Oscar Romero.
Pope Francis canonizes Cardinal John Henry Newman.
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Pope Francis said Thursday that the often hidden holiness lived out in everyday life is a true light within the...
On the Solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis encouraged everyone to follow the model of the saints, who pursued virtue...
