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.