Consistory called to approve canonisations
Pope Francis will preside over a consistory on Monday to approve the canonisation of five new saints, the Vatican said this week. The Blesseds include Elizabeth of the Trinity, a Carmelite mystic known as St Thérèse of Lisieux’s “spiritual sister”.
St John Paul II relic stolen from cathedral
A cloth containing a drop of St John Paul II’s blood was stolen from Cologne Cathedral last week. The relic was placed there in honour of the Pope’s visit in 1980.
