The electioneering period in Nigeria is going to be “very challenging”, the Catholic Archbishop of the country’s Abuja Archdiocese has said.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Hungarian Father Péter Oros, who was killed at the height of the Cold War by Soviets in Ukraine.
During a meeting Aug. 5 with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the pope also signed decrees advancing the sainthood causes of four other men and one woman.
According to the dicastery s website, Father Oros was born in Biri, present-day Hungary, in 1917 and was ordained a priest for the Ruthe
Ten new Catholic saints were canonised on Sunday, with Pope Francis presiding over a Eucharistic Celebration and a Rite of Canonisation of the Blessed.
The Church's first canonization since that of St. John Henry Newman and four others in October 2019 Pope Francis on Sunday recognized 10 new saints of the Catholic Church during a canonization .