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Only In Print: Archdiocese Officially Hands Dorothy Day’s Sainthood Cause to the Vatican

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan applies a wax seal to the final box of documents destined for Rome to begin the Vatican phase of the cause for sainthood of social activist and writer Dorothy Day. (Photo: CNS/ Gregory A. Shemitz)

MANHATTAN — Seventeen heavy boxes of documents — part of the case being made for sainthood for Brooklyn-born Dorothy Day — are now signed, sealed, and about to be delivered to the Vatican.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan ceremoniously applied a wax seal to the 17th box during the evening Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception…


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