Five new Catholic saints
13 October 2019
Five new saints were canonised by Pope Francis on Sunday morning at Mass in St Peter's Square.
Tapestries of the faces of the five new saints were mounted on the facade of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome for the occasion.
Each of these saints have very different stories. The new saints are:
- Marguerite Bays of Switzerland, Virgin of The Third Order of Saint Francis of Assisi.
- Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes of The Congregation of The Missionary Sisters of The Immaculate Conception of The Mother of God.
- Indian Sister Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, Founder of The Congregation of The Sisters of The Holy Family.
- Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini, Founder of The Daughters of Saint Camillus.
- English cardinal John Henry Newman, founder of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in England.
Further information on the new saints at Scala News
Biographies for the new saints at the Vatican Web site