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Meet the 7 saints Pope Leo XIV will canonize on Oct. 19

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Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven new saints on Sunday including an Italian lawyer who renounced Satanism and became “an apostle of the rosary,” a martyred Armenian archbishop, and a Venezuelan considered the “doctor of the poor.”

The canonizations, previously approved by the late Pope Francis, will be presided over by Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 19 at the Vatican. The group includes three women and four men, with two martyrs, three laypeople, and two founders of religious orders. Among them are Papua New Guinea’s first saint and the first two saints from Venezuela.

Let’s get to know these soon-to-be saints:

Bartolo Longo (1841–1926)​


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One of the new saints is St. Peter ToRot, who was martyred by the Japanese during World War II


Two ladies from our church went to PNG or Rome (I'm not sure which) to watch the ceremony in some form as they were originally from PNG.
 
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One of the new saints is St. Peter ToRot, who was martyred by the Japanese during World War II


Two ladies from our church went to PNG or Rome (I'm not sure which) to watch the ceremony in some form as they were originally from PNG.
Ora pro nobis
 
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