Pope Leo proclaimed seven new saints, including the first saints from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea, to 70,000 people in St.

For Leo XIV, St. Peter To Rot, the first native Papuan saint, offers “an inspiring example of steadfastness and fortitude in ...

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Bartolo, who died in 1926 at 85 years old, first deviated from the Catholic Church after losing his mother early in life.

May their intercession assist us in our trials and their example inspire us in our shared vocation to holiness,' the pontiff ...

The Pope announced Bartolo Longo and six other saints including a ‘doctor of the poor’ and a layman killed for advocating ...

Among the other new saints were two martyrs. Peter To Rot, a lay catechist martyred in Papua New Guinea during the Japanese ...

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Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday, offering the South American nation its first saint.

“The first millennial saint …” Perhaps you’ve seen these words this past year as the Vatican declared a young man named Carlo Acutis, who was born in 1991 and lived to the age of 15, a saint. But what ...

Saint-François de Sales. Stained glass window. Church of Saint-Michel de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Haute-Savoie. France. Credit: iStock As a recent college graduate, it feels strange to me to no longer be ...

Pope Leo XIV has canonized José Gregorio Hernández, Venezuela's 'doctor of the poor,' giving the nation its first saint.