MINNEAPOLIS — Two Minnesotans are being considered to become the state’s first saints.
And if that alone doesn’t represent divine timing, the efforts to canonize the Minnesotan candidates come at a time when the world is also praying for the recovery of Pope Francis.
In January, leaders of the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, sent a letter to the Vatican to take the next saintly step on behalf of Sister Annella Zervas. The letter follows the Nov. 12 decision by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to “overwhelmingly” (by a vote of 206 to 7) “advance the canonization cause of Sister Annella Zervas.”…