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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, founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion. The pope signed the decrees Jan. 21 during a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The Vatican published the decrees the same day. ....
Jerome Lejeune, a French Catholic pediatrician and geneticist (Wikimedia Commons) 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, founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion. The pope signed the decrees Jan. 21 during a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints Causes. The Vatican published the decrees the same day. Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of Lejeune, the Catholic physician and researcher who was one of the three discoverers of the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. ....