On May 4, Pope Francis announced that Father Solanus Casey will be elevated to Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church, which is the final step before sainthood. 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, Father Solanus Casey was born November 25, 1870 and died July 31, 1957. He will be the second American-born male to be beatified.

Commentary by Fr. Richard Fragomeni of the Diocese of Albany, Fr. Thomas Rosica CSB of Salt+Light TV and Ned McGrath of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

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