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2019 in Review: Top National, World and Vatican Stories

Which headlines dominated Register news pages this year?

A top Vatican story of 2019 was the canonization of St. John Henry Newman in October.
A top Vatican story of 2019 was the canonization of St. John Henry Newman in October. (photo: Daniel Ibanez/CNA)
Matthew Bunson Nation

Click here to read pictorial year-in-review coverage by Matthew Bunson, a Register senior editor.

Matthew Bunson

Matthew Bunson Matthew Bunson is vice president and editorial director of EWTN News. For the past 20 years, Dr. Bunson has been active in the area of Catholic social communications and education, including writing, editing, and teaching on a variety of topics related to Church history, the papacy, the saints and Catholic culture. He is a senior fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and the author or co-author of over 50 books, including: The Encyclopedia of Catholic History, The Pope Encyclopedia, We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI, The Saints Encyclopedia and best-selling biographies of St. Damien of Molokai and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

A Look Back at 2019 and Ahead to 2020 (Jan. 4)

Catholics bid farewell to 2019 and many look to the New Year with a mixture of anticipation and high suspense. It was a tumultuous 12 months. What were the biggest stories of the last year? This week on Register Radio we talk to Register Managing Editor Tom Wehner. And then we found out what might lie ahead in 2020 for the pro-life movement with Lauretta Brown, Register staff writer.

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