During a Monday meeting with the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis approved the "heroic virtue" of eight Servants of God, which now allows their public ...

Pope Francis has recognized the heroic virtues of eight candidates to sainthood, including the Filipina founder of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Rosary, Vatican News reports.

The founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Anne died in 1961, after a lifetime working to educate villagers. In November 2015, the first diocesan commission to vet her holiness was set up ...