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Vatican halts Father Ciszek’s sainthood cause

April 16, 2026

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CWN Editor's Note: The Vatican informed the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, that it has ended the sainthood cause of Father Walter Ciszek, S.J., a missionary who was tortured by the Soviet secret police and imprisoned in Russia from 1941 to 1963.

After his release in a prisoner exchange, Father Ciszek, a Pennsylvania native, returned to the United States and wrote With God in Russia and He Leadeth Me.

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Posted by: feedback - Apr. 18, 2026 9:24 AM ET USA
First, the Vatican needs to reveal the secrecy and end its own deal with communist China, which exposed all faithful Catholic priests and Bishops to the same suffering for Christ as Fr. Ciszek's.

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