Pope Benedict XVI creates five new saints
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Rome - Pope Benedict XVI has canonized five new saints - including the heroic 14th century Portuguese General Nuno de Santa Maria Alvares Pereira. Thousands of Portuguese faithful travelled to Rome to hear the pontiff's announcement at St Peter's Square on the military man turned friar and four others Sunday. During the ceremony, Benedict renewed his appeal for a just society and solidary in the struggle against economic inequality affecting the better part of the world. The latest canonization also included Italy's Arcangelo Tadini (1846-1912), who founded the Benedictine order of Monte Oliveto, the 14th century monk, Bernhard Tolomei (1272-1348) and nuns Gertrude Comensoli (1847-1903) and Caterina Volpicelli (1839-1894).
Copyright DPA
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the pope
By:
ozi ,
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:45:59 GMT
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the pope looks very unhealthy, look at those bags under his eyes...
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5 New Saints
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FRED ,
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:41:49 GMT
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Wonderful - the world is falling apart and the Catholic answer is to create five new saints - like they don't have enough already. So, now there is a saint for global warming, anti-terrorism, anti-genicide, world over-population and world economy - I guess not!! However, when the Pope's thinking about the next lot of saints, those would be HELPFUL categories to fill.
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