Jim Bradshaw
Effort for little Cajun saint moves slowly forward
Wed, 08/14/2024 - 9:51am
The Vatican last week formally accepted the case for sainthood for Charlene Richard, just a week before the 65th anniversary of her death on Aug. 11, 1959. For thousands of people a formal declaration isn’t necessary. They know that Charlene, is certainly “the little Cajun saint.”
The movement for her canonization has taken years to reach this point and will likely drag on for years to come, The Diocese of Lafayette closed its investigation in January and delivered a thousand or more stories and interviews about her life to the authorities in Rome.
