US EditionVatican Canonizes Seven New Saints at St. Peter's Square
- On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven people at St. Peter's Square, including José Gregorio Hernández, giving Venezuela its first saint.
- Pope Francis approved Hernández's sainthood from his hospital room on Feb. 24, bypassing the typical miracle process due to widespread veneration and a petition signed by 5 million people.
- Other new saints include Peter To Rot, Papua New Guinea's first saint, and Archbishop Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan, killed during the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide.
- Thousands will attend in Rome and thousands more will watch a Vatican livestream in Caracas, Venezuela, as the canonizations occurred during Mass on World Mission Sunday.
- The canonization comes amid Venezuela's decade-long economic crisis with 80% estimated in poverty, as U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed recent covert operations this past week.
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Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved ‘doctor of the poor’ as 1st saint - The Boston Globe
Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday before tens of thousands of people, offering the South American nation its first saint and a reason to celebrate amid a yearslong economic crisis and new tensions with the United States.
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