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Sainthood

Jacques Fesch was arrested in Paris on February 25, 1954 after having committed a hold-up at a currency exchange stand. While fleeing the scene, he killed a policeman and wounded three persons.
Belief
Jacques Fesch killed a cop in the 1950s. Here’s why the French Catholic Church wants to make him a saint.
Mother Teresa statue in Kolkata
Belief
Songs and celebrations in Kolkata for Mother Teresa’s sainthood
Brazilian surfer Guido Schäffer
Belief
A man known as the ‘Surfer Angel’ could be Brazil’s next saint
A bronze statue inside the Vatican of the late Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005 and became a saint on April 27, 2014.
Lifestyle & Belief
Want to become a saint without dying for the cause? It’s not easy
Lifestyle & Belief
Catholic Church prepares to canonize first Native American saint despite mixed reactions
Off With His Head! DNA Connects Louis XVI to Gruesome Relic
Global Politics
Beatification of Pope John Paul II
Sainthood: The Beatification of Pope John Paul II
Arts, Culture & Media
Relics on tour in the UK