Fr. McGivney: Moving Closer to Sainthood
Fr.McGivney , the founder of the Knights of Columbus, has been one of my main intercessors during these challenging economic times, so I am happy to hear that his cause for sainthood is advancing. Via CNA: The Knights of Columbus announced today that officials from a supplemental tribunal of the Archdiocese of Hartford –of which Fr. McGivney was a parish priest- formally sent a new report to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The information gathered by the tribunal included testimonies from witnesses to the supposed miracle as well as the statements of several medical doctors about the circumstances surrounding the reported miracle. Snip The submission of the new report “marks an important step forward. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints will now have valuable additional testimony that clarifies and adds significantly to the original submission,” Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said. “Father McGivney’s beatification would be an important...