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Catholic News

National Catholic Register
- On Meeting Pro-Life Pioneer and Catholic Historian Jack Scarisbrick
  
  By K.V. Turley | There is never an easy time to start a pro-life charity. For Dr. Jack Scarisbrick and his wife, Nuala, however, the passing of the British 1967 Abortion Act was the moment when they...
- A Saint in the Family: Relatives of Katharina Kasper Were in Rome for Canonization
  
  By Rachel Lanz | VATICAN CITY — In St. Peter’s Square Oct. 14, 70,000 people celebrated the seven new key holders to the kingdom of heaven. Many devotees came to honor Pope St. Paul VI, but...
- Pope Laicizes Two Chilean Bishops for Sexual Abuse of Minors
  
  By Catholic News Agency | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has officially expelled two Chilean bishops from the clerical state. Both men were accused of sexual abuse of minors. The decision was issued...
- Vatican Confirms Synod’s Final Report to Be Voted on ‘Part by Part’
  
  By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA | VATICAN CITY — The head of Vatican communications said Monday that the youth synod’s final document will be voted on “part by part,” requiring a 2/3 majority to pass each...
- 100 Years Ago, Hollywood Made an Anti-Abortion Movie
  
  By Matthew Archbold | I keep reading that Hollywood wanted nothing to do with the new movie Gosnell because abortion is such a divisive topic. That, of course, is complete manure. They want...
News from the Vatican
- Religions that do not pursue peace are a contradiction, pope says
  
  Religions, which are meant to build bridges, contradict their very nature if they stop pursuing the path of peace, Pope Francis said.
- Pope hails Romero, Paul VI as icons of ‘outward-looking’ Church
  
  Pope Francis on Sunday hailed new saints Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI as saints vitally engaged with the world who still led lives of radical holiness.
- Pope’s canonization of Paul VI, Romero personal, political
  
  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...
- Young voice at synod: ‘Boys here need to go to bat for the sisters’
  
  Halfway through this month’s Synod of Bishops on young people, faith and vocational discernment, young people say damage to the Church’s credibility because of global clerical abuse scandals is a...
- Devil destroys overtly or slyly by pretending to be a friend, pope says
  
  The devil is more dangerous when he is polite and friendly, persuading people to be "lukewarm" and worldly, than when he shows his true face and blatantly pushes people to sin, Pope Francis...