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Seven new saints were canonised on Sunday.
During his homily the Pope said “saints are men and women who enter fully into the mystery of prayer.
“[They are] Men and women who struggle with prayer, letting the Holy Spirit pray and struggle in them.”
The seven include one Argentinian, two Italians, two from France, a Spaniard and a young Mexican.
The Argentinian is Blessed Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero.
The Pope said Brochero “did not stay in the sacristy combing the sheep,” but went out in search of the lost.
“This is what Jesus wants today, missionary disciples, street priests of faith!”
The youngest new saint is Mexican, José Sanchez del Rio.
Witnesses say before his death at the age of 14 he drew a cross in the dirt and kissed it.
He was declared a martyr by St. John Paul II and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.
One of the French saints is Blessed Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis (Salomone)Leclerq who was executed during the French Revolution.
The other new French saint is the only woman included in Sunday’s cannonisation.
A Discalced Carmelite, Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity was a writer and a mysic. She died aged 26 in 1906.
Known as the “bishop of the tabernacle,” new Spanish saint Blessed Manuel Gonzalez Garcia was devoted to eucharistic adoration. He is buried at the main altar of the Cathedral of Palencia.
After his ordination in 1863, new Italian saint Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco dedicated himself to evangelization.
He founded the Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene and opened the Little House of Providence for abandoned children.
He is joined by another Italian, Blessed Ludovico Pavoni. Ordained in 1807, he opened an oratory dedicated to the personal and social education of young people, an orphanage and vocational school and established the Sons of Mary Immaculate.
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- National Catholic Reporter
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