Pope Francis has elevated a Michigan priest another step closer to sainthood.
The pope announced that Father Solanus Casey, a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Order of St. Joseph in Detroit and one of the co-founders of the city’s Capuchin Soup Kitchen, has been elevated from Venerable to Blessed by the Roman Catholic Church.
Father Larry Webber joined Stateside to explain what that means.
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