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Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 13. The statue, which was present for the May 13 feast of Our Lady of Fatima, is a copy of the original in Fatima, Portugal. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, pool) 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw Our Lady of Fatima
Gerard O’Connell
Jacinta and Francisco will be the youngest children ever to be recognized as saints by the church.
A mural in El Paisnal, El Salvador, seen in this Jan. 29 photo, features Blessed Oscar Romero and town native Father Rutilio Grande, surrounded by rural men, women and children, the community the Jesuit Father Grande served from 1972 until his March 12, 1977, assassination. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
El Salvador holds hope for its saint in waiting, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
In El Salvador, there is a yearning that the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero will help the beatification cause of his martyred Jesuit friend, Father Rutilio Grande.
FaithFeatures
Treating saints like superheroes is a dangerous game.
Robert Ellsberg
We have to take the saints down from their pedestals.
Arts & CultureBooks
The manhunt for a martyr’s killers
Kevin Clarke
'The Assassination of a Saint' begins like a crime thriller, complete with a criminal manhunt.
Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and its newspaper, The Catholic Worker, is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in the Staten Island borough of New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithIn All Things
Dorothy Day: Future Saint, Imperfect Parent
James Martin, S.J.
Kate Hennessey's new book is a searingly honest look at Dorothy Day the mother.
FaithVideo
Oscar Romero's Beatification through Salvadoran Eyes
America Video
What does Blessed Oscar Romero's beatification mean for the people of El Salvador? Take in their reactions, plus the extraordinary sights and sounds of the beatification festivities.
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