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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.

Jacques Fesch killed a cop in the 1950s. Here’s why the French Catholic Church wants to make him a saint.

Belief

Gerard Fesch was 40 when he learned his father, Jacques Fesch, had been executed for murder in France.

Mother Teresa statue in Kolkata

Songs and celebrations in Kolkata for Mother Teresa’s sainthood

Belief
Brazilian surfer Guido Schäffer

A man known as the ‘Surfer Angel’ could be Brazil’s next saint

Belief
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.

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

Lifestyle & Belief
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Off With His Head! DNA Connects Louis XVI to Gruesome Relic

DNA evidence has connected a gruesome relic to the execution of the French King, Louis XVI, 1793. The report provokes thoughts on the nature of relics. And power.

Beatification of Pope John Paul II

Global Politics

Megan Williams previews the beatification ceremeny this weekend in Rome for Pope John Paul the Second. The speed with which the Vatican has gone through the beatification process may have curtailed the number of people travelling to Rome for the occasion.

Sainthood: The Beatification of Pope John Paul II

Rome is teeming with Catholic tourists this weekend, who have arrived to witness the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II. The beatification is the third of four steps of sainthood –  and John Paul II is on the fast track. Pope Benedict XVI vowed to make his friend and mentor a saint and will […]

The World

Relics on tour in the UK

Arts, Culture & Media

The relics of a revered 19th century nun are on tour in England. It’s the first time in nearly five centuries that the Catholic Church in England has so publicly venerated the remains of a saint. The World’s Laura Lynch brings us the story.

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