Heroes of love: New pathway open for future saints
Feb 28, 2021 catholic news service
A mosaic of St. Damien of Molokai is seen in the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington in this July 13, 2017, file photo. The 19th-century Belgian missionary spent his life ministering to people with Hansen's disease in Hawaii. Pope Francis opened a new path to sainthood in 2017 for "martyrs of charity," those who made heroic sacrifices during pandemics and other situations of contagion. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS.)
Pope Francis has yet to sign decrees in sainthood causes that follow the new path he approved in 2017, that of giving one's life in a heroic act of loving service to others.