Late Diocese of La Crosse priest takes step toward sainthood after Vatican panel vote


The Brief

• A Vatican panel of theologians has unanimously voted in favor of the cause for sainthood of Father Joseph Walijewski, a former Diocese of La Crosse priest who died in 2006

• The vote allows the cause to advance to a review by cardinals and bishops who are members of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

• Walijewski was ordained for the Diocese of La Crosse in 1950 and later established an orphanage for children in Peru


LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — A Vatican panel of theologians has unanimously voted in favor of the cause for sainthood of Father Joseph Walijewski, a priest with ties to the Diocese of La Crosse…

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