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Pope’s canonization of Paul VI, Romero personal, political
- Oct 13, 2018
Pope Francis will canonize two of the most important and contested figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church, declaring Pope Paul VI and the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as models of saintliness for the faithful today.

By Associated Press
Romero an icon of pope’s dream of a ‘poor Church for the poor’
- Oct 13, 2018
Nearly four decades after her was brutally martyred while celebrating Mass, Pope Francis will canonize El Salvador’s Oscar Romero on Sunday.

By Christopher White
Sunday’s other new saints show holiness isn’t just for celebrities
- Oct 11, 2018
If there’s one thing the new crop of saints who will be canonized this weekend have to say about holiness, it’s that being virtuous is not just for heroic, celebrity-like personalities such as Blesseds Oscar Romero or Pope Paul VI, but it is something that everyone, religious and lay alike, can attain.

By Elise Harris

On Paul VI and whether the synod could pull an ‘October surprise’
- Oct 5, 2018
Pope Paul VI, who’ll be canonized on Oct. 14, once said of Vatican II “you have no idea what it means to call a council,” By the end of this month, Pope Francis may be feeling that way about synods too.

By John L. Allen Jr.
At 50, fans say you can debate ruling in ‘Humanae Vitae’ but not its relevance
- Jul 28, 2018
As ‘Humanae Vitae,” Pope Paul VI’s controversial 1968 encyclical rejecting the pill, reaches the 50-year mark today, supporters say its message continues to pack a punch despite polls showing most Catholics in opposition.

By Inés San Martín
At Latin American summit, migration and human rights ‘front and center’
- Jul 21, 2018
Archbishop Thomas Wenski says a Latin American gathering highlights the maturity and vibrancy of the Latin American Church.

By Christopher White

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