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By McKenna Snow, Catholic Vote - If canonized, Richard would be the first saint from Louisiana... “She was just a Cajun girl who loved God, who loved her family, who loved her friends, and just did everything the best she could,” Fr. LaVergne said... Speaking to Louisiana First News about the lengthy canonization process, Brian Pedraza, the theology director at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University in Baton Rouge, also spoke about how meaningful such a canonization would be for the Louisiana community... “Just to have somebody that is one of our own people,” he said, “that would be incredible.” ...

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - The Parable of the Good Samaritan reinforces the truth that charity is personal, not bureaucratic. The Church includes all the baptized. “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” (1 Cor. 12:27) The Catholic Church is universal. Many tribes and nationalities make up the Church. Like the relationship between Jesus and His disciples, the relationship between the clergy and the laity is personal. The clergy are priests, prophets, and kings. They celebrate the sacraments, proclaim the Gospel, and rule the Church—especially parishes, dioceses, and religious orders.

By Michael J. Ortiz, Crisis Magazine - St. John Henry Newman was canonized by Pope Francis in 2019. Newman was born in London in 1801 and led a storied life of sanctity and scholarship. He entered the Church in 1845, and he was made a cardinal in 1879. His works on education, development of doctrine, and Church history are masterpieces written in a prose style equal to the best writers of his century. His Apologia Pro Vita Sua is often considered the greatest spiritual autobiography since St. Augustine.