Saints

Body of Blessed Frassati, relic of Blessed Acutis in Rome for Jubilee

Carol Glatz · July 26, 2025

The relics of two saints-to-be — Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis — will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth July 28-Aug. 3, according to worldyouthday.com.

Canadians drawn closer to God through Acutis

Soon-to-be saint's influence spreads

Quinton Amundson · July 18, 2025

Carlo Acutis’ awaited canonization as the first millennial saint is poised to occur in just over a month on Sept. 7.

Church of England weighs proposal to place St. Thomas More's skull in shrine for veneration

Simon Caldwell · July 16, 2025

The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

Pope Leo sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati

Justin McLellan · June 13, 2025

Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.

Pope Leo XIV’s message to the Bishops of France

Catholic Register Staff · June 5, 2025

Text of Pope Leo XIV’s message to the Bishops of France on the 100th anniversary of the canonization of three French saints.

Polish nuns beatified for heroic witness amid wartime horror

Katarzyna Szalajko · June 2, 2025

Their names may have faded from history books, but on May 31, the Church officially remembered them forever. In a solemn ceremony in Braniewo, northeastern Poland, 15 nuns from the Congregation of St. Catherine Virgin and Martyr, were beatified.

Carlo Acutis shows sainthood is possible

Luke Mandato · April 26, 2025

As Carlo Acutis completes his journey to canonization (postponsed from April 25-27 weekend due to the death of Pope Francis), a relic from the first millennial saint, and a display of his Eucharistic Miracles of the World exhibit, will be present in the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Vatican announces canonization of Blessed Acutis is postponed

Carol Glatz · April 21, 2025

With the death of Pope Francis, the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which was scheduled for April 27, has been postponed.

Pope Francis clears way for three new saints, including first woman from Venezuela

Justin McLellan · April 1, 2025

Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of three blesseds: an Armenian Catholic archbishop martyred during the Armenian genocide, a lay catechist from Papua New Guinea killed during World War II and a Venezuelan religious sister who dedicated her life to education and the poor.

St. Maximilian Kolbe a saint for our times

Anna Farrow · March 6, 2025

A new film focusing on the last 14 days of St. Maximilian Kolbe’s life is aiming to capture the attention of millennials and Gen Z.