Campaign to make John Bradburne first English saint in almost 50 years

Supporters urge Vatican to open inquiry into the missionary’s ‘miracles’

The Vatican
Campaigners are raising money to fund a Vatican-led investigation into Bradburne’s life
(Image credit: GIORGIO COSULICH DE PECINE)

A crowdfunding campaign has been set up to make a missionary and poet who helped care for lepers in Zimbabwe the first English saint in almost half a century.

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