Why did Saint John Paul II restore this saint to the calendar?

2023-11-25 02:00:00

“For the Pope, this must have hurt him. Of course, it probably didn’t help that one of John Paul’s predecessors had ostensibly degraded the status of the beloved Saint Catherine,” he added.

Craughwell noted that two years later, St. John Paul II returned St. Catherine to the liturgical calendar, accomplishing “something quite rare in history” by restoring “a saint previously removed from the Universal Roman Calendar.”

“Almighty and eternal God, grant that through the intercession of Saint Catherine we may be strengthened in faith and perseverance and spend ourselves without reservation for the unity of the Church,” he concluded.

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