A Papal Tutor of Heroic Virtue February 2, 2017 by Fulcrum On January 20, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to publish decrees acknowledging the “heroic virtues” of six men and one woman: two diocesan priests, three priests in religious orders, the foundress of an Italian religious community, and a Polish layman. It does no disservice to the holy memory of the other six men and women who now bear the title “Venerable” to suggest that the Polish layman, Jan Tyranowski, had the greatest impact on the Catholic Church throughout the world—and by orders of magnitude. George Weigel. First Things 2 January 2017 FulcrumShareTweetShare
