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Santiago -
On March 26, precisely 106 years ago today, Emile Dubois, a Frenchman found guilty of killing four people in Chile, faced the firing squad. His memory has endured in the faith of the people who consider Dubois a martyr of injustice, a hero and a saint.
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Pope Benedict XVI has named seven new saints. One of those selected is a Native American woman who lived during the seventeenth century. The naming took place at a special ceremony on Sunday October 21.
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Johannesburg -
August 20 is the official date of Saint Stephen’s Day in Hungary, but South Africa’s small Hungarian community celebrated the Hungarian equivalent of Saint Patrick’s Day on Sunday and Digital Journal was there.
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Duleek -
A skull said to be that of St Vitalis of Assisi, who is often called the patron saint of genital diseases, will be sold at auction on Sunday.
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Charlotte -
It was a Mother's Day miracle at St. Matthew Catholic Church when the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that was decapitated by vandals was restored to her original condition by local anonymous angel's who donated their time to repair this work of art.
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Rescue crews in the state of Washington had been adamantly have been trying to get to a hiker who fell 1000 feet into a Mount St. Helens crater.
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Rome -- Pope Benedict XVI has expedited the sainthood process for the popular Pope. Pope John Paul II's "heroic virtues" have been confirmed and now a committee will review his miracle works.
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A South African man murdered for his stand against witchcraft may become the country’s first recognised saint. The first phase for the Canonization of Benedict Daswa has been completed.
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Father Damien cared for lepers on the island of Molokai. This was at a time when the disease was contagious if folks weren't careful. He died of the leprosy. and now more than a century after his death, a date has been set for his canonization.
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Pope Benedict gave Brazil its first saint and told Roman Catholics in Latin America to "defend the traditional family and spurn distorted media portrayals of life that glamorize hedonism."
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This past week was the first anniversary of the death of Jack Layton. He died in office as Leader of the Opposition,...
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