Pope advances sainthood causes of pro-life geneticist Lejeune, others
Pope advances sainthood causes of pro-life geneticist Lejeune, others Jerome Lejeune, a French Catholic pediatrician and geneticist who died in 1994, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Lejeune, who was involved in discovering the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. (CNS photo/KNA) By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted January 21, 2021 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister Elizabeth Prout, founde...
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