Pope Francis declared the ‘Blessed’ saints of the Church on Sunday at a Canonization Mass held at Rome’s St. Peter’s Square.
Another group of three indigenous martyrs from Mexico – Cristobal, Antonio and Juan – known as the “Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala” will also be canonized.
Aged between 12 and 13, the children were among the first indigenous Catholics of Mexico who were killed between 1527 and 1529 for refusing to renounce their faith and return to their ancient traditions.
Among the new saints were two European priests. One of them is Spanish Piarist Father, Manuel González, the founder of the Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess, or the Calasanzian Institute. He died in 1925.
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