U.S. priest who founded Knights of Columbus is beatified
HARTFORD, CONN. >> The late Connecticut priest who founded the Knights of Columbus moved a step closer to possible sainthood with his beatification today, as authorized by Pope Francis.
The celebration for the Rev. Michael McGivney at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford included the reading of a letter from Francis and the unveiling of a tapestry featuring McGivney’s portrait.
Francis in May approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of McGivney, which is required to be beatified, the first major step before canonization.
The Knights of Columbus said the miracle concerned the medically inexplicable cure of a baby with a life-threatening condition who was healed in utero in 2015 after the family prayed to the Roman Catholic priest.
The family, which named the baby Michael in McGivney’s honor, attended Saturday’s Mass, the Hartford Courant reported.
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