Peter was declared a martyr and beatified in 1889. Pope Pius XII canonized him in 1954. Within a few years of Saint Peter Chanel’s death, most of the island of Futuna had converted to Catholicism.

As on every fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome displayed the Veil of Veronica for public veneration. But what other major relics are housed in the four niches at the base of the ...

Blessed Peter To Rot was a layman from present-day Papua New Guinea, a second-generation and married catechist martyred for his faith during the Japanese occupation in World War II and revered as a ...

Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua New ... a lay catechist born on March 5, 1912, and martyred for his faith during World War II, will be the first canonized saint from Papua New Guinea.

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to publish the decree for the canonization of catechist and martyr Peter Tor Rot, who will thus become ...

whose official name is the joint Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, is the commemoration of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus, celebrated on June 29.