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Article: Others have gone before.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 31, 1997
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While efforts proceed to have the Rev. Francis Paschal Kelly canonized, the cause of another American priest has been advanced farther down the road toward sainthood.
Two years ago, the Rev. Solanus Casey became the first U.S.-born male to be declared "venerable," an action taken by Pope John Paul II. Three volumes on his life were submitted to the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Other priests have begun investigating the possibility of miracles performed by Casey since his death, in hopes that beatification and then ...