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People take photos on smartphones as Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 12, 2016. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithFaith in Focus
John Monaco
Putting Francis of Assisi, Francis de Sales, and Pope Francis in conversation.
FaithNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
Blessed Cristobal, along with two other indigenous Tlaxcalteca youths, Blessed Antonio and Blessed Juan, will be canonized Oct. 15 at the Vatican
Black Elk as a Catholic teacher and as a Lakota leader. (Left photo: Marquette University Archives, Bureau of Catholic Indian Mission Records, ID 00559; right photo: Marquette University Archives, Bureau of Catholic Indian Mission Records, ID 01287/Ben Hunt)
FaithFeatures
Damian CostelloJon M. Sweeney
Sainthood for Black Elk could help the inclusion of indigenous Americans within the Catholic Church, but it also raises questions about the church's role in erasing Lakota culture.
FaithShort Take
Robert Ellsberg
The saints and heroes of our faith have much to teach us about our contemporary political context.
Father Joe Townsend, pastor of St. Benedict Parish in Broken Arrow, Okla., bows before the altar and an image of Father Stanley Rother during a Sept. 22 vespers and vigil
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
Father Stanley Rother is the first U.S. born priest to be named 'blessed'
Sister Marita Rother, a member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, holds a picture of her brother, Father Stanley Rother, a priest of the Oklahoma City Archdiocese, who will be beatified on Sept. 23 in Oklahoma City. (CNS photo/Christopher Riggs, Catholic Advance)
FaithNews
Christopher M. Riggs - Catholic News Service
Sister Marita Rother really didn't get to know her brother, Father Stanley Rother, as a priest until she visited him in Guatemala in the 1970s.