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Pope Francis has created a new path to sainthood - but is it as radical as it sounds?

Laying down one’s life for others is now a category under which a person might be beatified or canonised

Stephen Bullivant

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Pope Francis creates new path to sainthood: offering life for others

People who lived a good Catholic life and who freely accepted a certain and premature death for the good of others will now be considered for beatification

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Melinda Gates says she is 'optimistic' Pope Francis will change teaching on contraception

Gates, who is from a Catholic family, describes contraception as 'one of the greatest anti-poverty innovations the world has ever known'

Pope Francis: ‘Europe must be federal’

Pope Francis reportedly said Europe 'will no longer count for anything in the world' if it does not federalize

Vatican reiterates ban on gluten-free hosts

The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments called for bishops to set up guidelines for bread and wine bought in supermarkets and over the internet

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Pope to beatify Colombian martyrs during visit

Beatification Mass will take place on September 8

Junno Arocho Esteves