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Georgia Martyrs beatified in Savannah during weekend of prayer, remembrance

Nearly 10,000 people gathered on Oct. 31 to witness the Beatification Mass of the Georgia Martyrs, the five Franciscan friars killed along the state’s coast for defending the Church’s teaching on marriage.

• Georgia Martyrs’ beatification the next big event for US Church

  

  By MARIA WIERING, OSV News
  Published October 22, 2026

  While six years separate the most recent U.S. beatifications of Blessed Michael J. McGivney in 2020 and Blessed Fulton J. Sheen on Sept. 24, mere weeks pass before the next: five Franciscan friars known as the Georgia Martyrs on Oct. 31 in Savannah.

• ‘Deepening Our Moral Witness’: A call to support immigrant families, communities

  

  By NATALIA DURON
  Published October 15, 2026

  Nearly 200 leaders from dioceses across the Southeast gathered to discuss the impact of immigration enforcement and how Catholic communities can better support immigrant families.

• Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen declared ‘Blessed’ at beatification Mass

  

  By GINA CHRISTIAN, OSV News
  Published September 26, 2026

  Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen–the 20th-century theologian, evangelizer, Catholic communications pioneer, teacher and preacher–is now Blessed Fulton J. Sheen.