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CWN Editors Note: Pope Francis has approved a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Armida Barelli (1882-1952), paving the way for her beatification. The Pope also recognized the heroic virtues of two priests, four religious sisters, and a laywoman, all of whom may now be honored as venerable. One of the priests is Father Ignatius Spencer, great-uncle of Winston Churchill and great-great-great-uncle of Princess Diana of Wales. The above note supplements, hig...

Feb. 22, 2021 Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of one of Princes William and Harrys 19th-century ancestors as well as the causes of three Italian nuns who died from the Ebola virus while ministering to patients in Congo. The pope signed the decrees Feb. 20 during a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints Causes. The Vatican published the decrees the same day. Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues ...

Vatican City, Mar 7, 2018 / 03:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Robert Sarah has authored a preface for a newly published book detailing the ascendancy, in the last 50 years, of the reception of Communion in the hand. He has been thanked for his efforts with at least one call for his removal from office. The flare-up offers an opportunity to look in greater detail at the history of the means of receiving Holy Communion. Sarah, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Disciplin...