Baltimore church congregation seeks to expedite canonization of 6 Black American Catholics

St. Ann's Catholic Church is using this All Saints' Day to call on the church to expedite the canonization of six Black American Catholics. St. Ann's Catholic Church will be joined by St. Francis Xavier and St. Wenceslaus churches at 7 p.m. mass on Monday. The six candidates for sainthood are Pierre Toussaint, Henriette DeLille, Thea Bowman, Mother Mary Lange, Julia Greeley and Augustus Tolton.