Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of three blesseds: an Armenian Catholic archbishop martyred during the ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela is set to have its first female saint following approval from Pope Francis. On Monday, he ...

Catholic leaders in Venezuela requested her canonization in 1995. She was beatified in 2018. A date for the canonization ceremony has yet to be announced. The Catholic bishops conference of ...

According to the Vatican, Pope Francis has approved the first-ever female saint from Venezuela. On March 31, Francis made way ...

She joined a French congregation in Venezuela in 1927 and became a novice at age 24. In 1961, supported by the local Catholic hierarchy, she founded an autonomous congregation. The Catholic ...

Pope Francis has approved the canonization of Venezuela ’s first female saint, Blessed María Carmen Rendiles. The decree, ...

Blessed María Carmen Rendiles is set to become Venezuela’s first female Catholic saint. Pope Francis paved the way Monday ...