EE.UU.: Vatican officials in U.S to study alleged miracles in Father Tolton’s cause


(CNS – NC Reporter) The local ABC-TV affiliate in Quincy, where Father Augustus Tolton grew up and is buried, reported April 14 that Vatican representatives were in the United States to investigate possible miracles related to the priest’s sainthood cause.

Father Tolton was born into slavery and is the first recognized African American priest ordained for the U.S. Catholic Church. His cause for canonization was officially opened by the Archdiocese of Chicago in 2010 and he received the title «Servant of God

On Dec. 10, 2016, his cause took a step forward at a cemetery in Quincy where his remains were exhumed, verified and reinterred.

In June 2019, Pope Francis declared that Father Tolton lived a life of heroic virtue, giving him the title of «Venerable.» (…)


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Augustus Tolton devoted himself to serving God by making his life a living example of God’s words.

Bajo la Mirada de Guadalupe: Inicio Inspirador de la Asamblea FEBIC LAC en México


Con la Virgen de Guadalupe como testigo sereno y maternal, comenzó este martes una significativa etapa de reflexión y trabajo eclesial en México: la Asamblea Regional de la Federación Bíblica Católica (FEBIC-LAC). En un ambiente profundamente espiritual, los delegados dieron inicio a sus trabajos en la emblemática Basílica de Guadalupe, para luego trasladarse a Casa…

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