
As Christians around the world prepare for the canonization of Mother of Teresa of Calcutta, Salon Magazine has responded as one might expect: by smearing the Nobel laureate who spent her entire adult life serving the poorest of the poor.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Jan 2016, 5:16 AM PST0

Pope Francis has officially recognized the second miracle of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, clearing the way for her canonization, which will reportedly take place on September 4, 2016, as a major event of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.18 Dec 2015, 5:24 AM PST0

On Wednesday afternoon, Pope Francis canonized Father Junípero Serra, a Franciscan friar who founded a chain of Catholic missions up and down the coast of California, each of which would become a major Californian city, such as San Diego, Santa Clara. and San Francisco.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Sep 2015, 5:08 PM PST0

A congregation of Missionary Sisters in Colombia is suing a television network to prevent the airing of a series about its founder and Colombia’s first canonized saint, Sister Laura Montoya Upegui, claiming that it presents a false picture of the saint’s life.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Aug 2015, 12:24 PM PST0

On Saturday, Pope Francis, doubling down on the Vatican’s decision to canonize controversial Father Junipero Serra next September. Francis delivered a homily to an audience at Rome’s American seminary, the Pontifical North American College, in which he said that Serra was “one of the founding fathers of the United States.”
by William Bigelow3 May 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

Parishioners praying Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday were confronted by one dozen demonstrators protesting the Pope’s decision to canonize Father Junipero Serra.
by William Bigelow2 Feb 2015, 11:14 AM PST0