Tag: Sister Dulce

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Thousands of Brazilians celebrate the canonization into sainthood of Sister Dulce, “mother of the poor”

  

  Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful flocked to a football stadium in Brazil on Sunday to celebrate the Vatican's canonization into sainthood of Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes, dubbed the “mother of the poor.”

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:10 UTC

  Pope Francis advances the sainthood of Sister Dulce , Brazil's “Mother Teresa”

  

  Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, the “Mother Teresa” of Brazil. The pope signed the decrees on May 13 during a meeting with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The Vatican published the decrees on May 14.