Thursday, December 17, 2009

From the Saints' Desk

On Saturday morning, the Pope is expected to sign a fresh round of decrees from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and seemingly among the bunch are two of intense interest in the Anglophone world: the decree of Karol Wojtyla's heroic virtue that'd see the late pontiff become Venerable John Paul II, and a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Mary MacKillop, clearing the path to her declaration as Australia's first saint.

PHOTO: Getty


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