Pope Francis embraces Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during the canonisation mass of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. EPA/Osservatore Romano Press Office The week after Easter, Pope Francis presided ...

VATICAN CITY, April 24 (Reuters) - Two giants of Roman Catholicism in the 20th century will become saints on Sunday at an unprecedented twin canonisation that has aroused both joy and controversy in ...

Tomorrow the Armenian Catholic archbishop, martyr of the 1915 genocide, will be raised to the altar of the saints in a ceremony in St Peter's. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Armenian Prime Minister ...

The canonisation of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican has announced. Acutis was due to be canonised in St Peter’s Square next ...

Friends or relatives can apply posthumously for their loved one to be recognised as having a "reputation for sainthood", which gets the ball rolling on the full sainthood application process. The ...

A British-born Italian teenager dubbed 'God's Influencer' for his efforts to spread the Catholic faith online will become the first millennial saint Sunday at a canonisation attended by thousands of ...

Carlo Acutis, a British-born computer prodigy who died in 2006 at the age of 15, is poised to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint this Sunday. His impending canonisation has sparked a ...