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John Charles Wester (born November 5, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Santa Fe since 2015. ... (Saint Death), a recent religious ...
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico. Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death", although R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, believes that the former is a more accurate translation because it "better reveals" her identity as a folk saint.
King Felipe VI expressed his condolences to Pope Francis, noting that he received the news with "great sadness" and underscored the "fruitful intellectual and spiritual legacy" left by Benedict XVI. [150] Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lamented the death of "a great theologian dedicated to the service of others, justice and peace". [151]
Agenzia Fides is the news agency of the Vatican. It is based in the Palazzo de Propaganda Fide in Vatican City. It is part of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It was formed on 5 June 1927, as the first missionary news agency of the Roman Catholic Church and was approved by Pope Pius XI.
Saint Death is depicted as a male skeleton figure, usually holding a scythe. Although the Catholic Church has rebuked the devotion of Saint Death as a tradition that mixes paganism with Christianity and is contrary to the belief of Christ's Resurrection defeating death, many devotees view the veneration of San La Muerte as part of their ...
Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City: 3. Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception [11] 4. Mariam Baouardy [11] 5. Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas [11] 6. Junípero Serra [12] 23 September 2015: Washington, D.C., United States: 7. Louis Martin [13] 18 October 2015 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City: 8. Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin [13] 9 ...
The youngest saints canonized in modern times, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, became the two youngest non-martyred Catholic saints in 2017. [14] The next-youngest modern saint, Maria Goretti, died in 1902 at age eleven and was canonized in 1950 as a virgin and martyr. [15] Efforts to canonize Meo began soon after her death.
The Catholic News Agency (CNA) is a news service owned by Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) [1] that provides news related to the Catholic Church to a global Anglophone audience. It was founded in 2004 in Denver , Colorado , United States as the English section of the worldwide ACI Group, which publishes the Spanish-language news service ...