Saints

On Monday, 15 March, we will mark the 310th Anniversary of the death of Padre Eusebio Kino (in Magdalena, Son, Mx.) The Faithful throughout the Diocesan of Tucson are invited to join in prayer for the advancement of Fr. Kino's cause

A priest related to Princes William and Harry took a major step closer to sainthood when Pope Francis declared him venerable.

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of one of Princes William and Harry's 19th-century ancestors as well as the causes of three Italian nuns who died from the Ebola virus while ministering to patients in Congo.

Pope Francis inserts four new liturgical Memorials into the Roman Calendar: Martha, Mary, and Lazarus will be celebrated together, while Gregory of Narek, John of Avila, and Hildegard of Bingen will have their own optional memorials.

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister Elizabeth Prout, founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion.

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and seven men, including an Italian judge who was murdered by the infamous Sicilian Mafia.