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December 18, 2017

Vatican releases new instruction on authenticating, protecting relics

A woman venerates a relic of St. Jacinta Marto prior to a vigil Mass Oct. 12 celebrated in honor of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City. St. Jacinta was one of the three children to whom Mary appeared in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917.
VATICAN – Only relics that have been certified as authentic can be exposed for veneration by the faithful, said a new Vatican instruction.
Published in International
December 6, 2016

Sheen remains transfer granted stay as New York archdiocese plans to appeal

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured at a pulpit in an undated file photo.

PEORIA, Ill. – Hopes buoyed in the Diocese of Peoria by a Nov. 17 court ruling allowing Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's family to transfer the sainthood candidate's remains from New York to Peoria were tempered by an emergency stay being granted to the Archdiocese of New York, which planned to appeal the ruling.

Published in International
November 18, 2016

New York court rules Archbishop Sheen's remains should be transferred to Peoria

Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s family won a court decision to allow them to move his remains back to the Diocese of Peoria.

PEORIA, Ill. – The Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled Nov. 17 in favor of the family of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen regarding their request to allow the transfer of the sainthood candidate's remains to Peoria, where he was raised and ordained a priest.

Published in International