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Pope Francis to canonize French missionary Bl. Charles de Foucauld

The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of 14 men and women, including Blessed Charles de Foucauld, a French missionary killed in Algeria in 1916.

After meeting with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the congregation for saints’ causes, May 26, the Pope approved a second miracle attributed to de Foucauld’s intercession, paving the way for his canonization.

De Foucauld, also known as Brother Charles of Jesus, was a soldier, explorer, Catholic revert, priest, hermit, and religious brother who served among the Tuareg people in the Sahara desert in Algeria.

Praise the Lord

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