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  • Pope moves Down syndrome advocate closer to sainthood

    Pope moves Down syndrome advocate closer to sainthood

    • Jan 21, 2021

    The French doctor who discovered the genetic basis of Down syndrome but spent his career advocating against abortion as a result of prenatal diagnosis has taken his first major step to possible sainthood.

    By Nicole Winfield
  • Catholics in public life, saints to be included in Trump’s new ‘heroes’ garden

    Catholics in public life, saints to be included in Trump’s new ‘heroes’ garden

    • Jan 20, 2021

    Catholics in public life, saints and sainthood candidates, figures from U.S. history, military heroes, leaders in science, politicians and athletes were included in a list of dozens of figures President Donald Trump said will be in a new National Garden of American Heroes he created by executive order Jan. 18.

    By Julie Asher
  • Children’s book chronicling saints’ lives shows they were ‘relentlessly human’

    Children’s book chronicling saints’ lives shows they were ‘relentlessly human’

    • Jan 17, 2021

    Carey Wallace’s new children’s book, “Stories of the Saints: Bold and Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace and Courage,” shows that holy men and women — whose miraculous deeds, charitable works and battles with armies, beasts and demons she chronicles with gusto — also were what Wallace calls “relentlessly human.”

    By George P. Matysek Jr.
  • Lebanese man’s decades of research helps great-uncle’s sainthood cause

    Lebanese man’s decades of research helps great-uncle’s sainthood cause

    • Jan 4, 2021

    A Lebanese Capuchin then serving in Baabdat — Father Salim Rizkallah — had been appointed vice postulator of the sainthood cause of Armenian Catholic Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan of Mardin, Turkey.

    By Doreen Abi Raad
  • Recalling first martyr, pope says ordinary goodness can change the world

    Recalling first martyr, pope says ordinary goodness can change the world

    • Dec 26, 2020

    Pope Francis Saturday pointed to Saint Stephen, stoned to death for promoting Jesus’s teachings, as a heroic example of how small, everyday acts of goodness can have a major yet unseen impact of the world.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Pope advances sainthood cause of Italian judge killed by Mafia

    Pope advances sainthood cause of Italian judge killed by Mafia

    • Dec 22, 2020

    Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and seven men, including an Italian judge who was murdered by the infamous Sicilian Mafia.

    By Junno Arocho Esteves
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