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A Catholic seminarian known as the "Surfing Saint" who died surfing in 2009 is one step farther down the road to sainthood. He was 34 at the time of his death.
Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazil's "Surfer Angel" Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on May 20, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesty of guidoschaffer.com.brVatican City, May 22, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA).The Catholic Church is one step closer to canonizing a surfing saint. Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazil's "Surfer Angel" Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Saturday. Schäffer was a seminarian, a doctor, and a surfer who drowned while surfing in 2009...
‘His only concern was to save souls to God — guiding as many people as he could to a personal experience with Christ.’