Police arrested a 31-year-old Ukrainian man for the stabbing. Some local media outlets in Poland report that the deceased man is a Catholic priest.

Any purported miracle attributed to Sheen’s intercession since Pope Francis announced his beatification in July 2019 can count toward canonization, which normally requires a second confirmed miracle.

The pontiff also met Portugal’s president to discuss conflicts, migration, multilateralism, and international law.

The Sept. 24 beatification Mass will include 89 bishops, about 1,000 priests, about 850 each of seminarians and religious, and 250 deacons, along with about 50,000 total attendees, organizers said.

The bishop looked beyond Sheen’s public fame to the prayer, sacrifice, and friendship with Christ that shaped his life.

Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the pontiff linked climate preparedness to justice for vulnerable communities.

Happening now: The Mass for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is live now on EWTN.

On a 2014 visit to the intergovernmental organization, Pope Francis appealed for the humane treatment of migrants.

More than 145,000 U.S.-citizen children have had a parent booked into immigration detention since January 2025, according to the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.

With a view toward defending the faith today, a pro-life and pro-family group aims to highlight the role the U.S.-Mexico border region played during the anticlerical persecution in Mexico.