US bishops advance new sainthood cause for 'Good Samaritan' Jesuit priest
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Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces, N.M., speaks during a Nov. 11, 2025, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. Bishop Baldacchino and Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., spoke about a document to consider the advancement on the local level the sainthood cause of Jesuit Father Richard Thomas. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) (Bob Roller)

US bishops advance new sainthood cause for ‘Good Samaritan’ Jesuit priest

BALTIMORE OSV News – The U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly Nov. 11 to support the advancement of a canonization cause for Jesuit Father Richard Thomas. The agenda item was presented by Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance. He was joined…...