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Kindly lights in gloomy world: Pope declares five new saints

Pope Francis formally declared five new saints for the Catholic Church Oct. 13 including St. John Henry Newman.

• Cardinal Sarah: To oppose the pope is to be outside the church

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 9, 2019

  Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, said the people who portray him as an opponent of Pope Francis are being used by the devil to help divide the church.

• Commitment to fighting climate change still weak, pope says

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published September 24, 2019

  The international community must ramp up its efforts if it expects to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, Pope Francis said in a video message sent Sept. 23 to participants at the U.N. Climate Action Summit.

• U.S. delegation brings V Encuentro results to pope, Vatican

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published September 19, 2019

  A delegation of U.S. bishops and laypeople came to Rome to share with Pope Francis and Vatican officials the joyful experiences and valuable recommendations that came out of last year’s Fifth National Encuentro.