Oct 16, 2012 | 2012 Archives, SUN October 18, 2012
By Katherine Long | Editor In order to be beatified, a candidate must be shown to be responsible for a posthumous miracle; a second miracle is required for canonization. The required miracles must be proven through canonical investigation by medical experts and...
Apr 17, 2012 | 2012 Archives, Local, SUN April 19, 2012
Jesuit Father George Coyne, former director of the Vatican Observatory and current member of the Le Moyne College faculty, passed away Feb. 11 after a battle with cancer. He was 87. In his memory, we are republishing our 2012 feature on Father Coyne. ADMG. By...
Feb 29, 2012 | 2012 Archives, SUN February 16, 2012
A statue of Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha stands at Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y. (Sun photo | Katherine Long) By Katherine Long | Associate editor Her name was Kateri Tekakwitha. Translated from her native Mohawk, it means “Catherine who bumps...
Oct 24, 2012 | 2012 Archives, Local, Sun October 25, 2012
A banner depicting St. Marianne Cope hangs on the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 19, 2012. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright) By Katherine Long | Sun editor Some 40 years after work to promote Mother Marianne Cope’s cause began, Pope Benedict XVI officially...