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Charles de Foucauld

November 10, 2021

Vatican City, Nov 9, 2021 / 10:30 am The Vatican on Tuesday announced that the canonization of Bl. Charles de Foucauld and six others will take place in Rome on May 15, 2022. Who was Charles de Foucauld? De Foucauld, also known as Brother Charles of Jesus, was a soldier, explorer, Catholic revert, priest, hermit,

Church to canonise Charles de Foucauld, six others

May 03, 2021

Pope Francis cleared the way for the canonization of Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six others at an Ordinary Public Consistory held at the Vatican on Monday. De Foucauld is noted for his life as a hermit among the Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert in French North Africa. Although he became an agnostic as

Cardinals to vote on canonization of Charles de Foucauld, six others

April 26, 2021

Pope Francis has called an Ordinary Public Consistory to consider seven causes for canonization, including that of Blessed Charles de Foucauld. At the Consistory, set for Monday, May 3, Cardinals resident in Rome or who are present in city will vote on whether to proceed with the canonizations of the Blesseds. The Vatican has noted

Pope Francis’s address at family synod prayer vigil: full text

October 03, 2015

'Every family is always a light, however faint, amid the darkness of this world,' says Holy Father

What would Mother Teresa have made of the fabulously wealthy German Church?

November 10, 2014

The German Church is superbly organised, but its coercive tax is weakening the Catholic faith