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Pope canonizes 5 new saints

Vatican City : Vatican City | about 1 month ago  
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  • Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola attend canonisation mass of Belgian missionary Damien in Vatican
    Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola attend canonisation mass of ...
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  • Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola attend a canonisation mass of Father Damien in Vatican
    Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola attend a canonisation mass of ...
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  • Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola attend a canonisation mass of Father Damien at the Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican
    Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola attend a canonisation mass of ...
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  • French prime minister Francois Fillon (R) and his wife Penelope greet Pope Benedict XVI after a canonization ceremony
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  • Pope Benedict XVI conducts the canonisation mass of Belgian missionary Father Damien at the Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican
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  • Belgium's Queen Paola receives communion by Pope Benedict XVI during a canonisation mass at the Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican
    Belgium's Queen Paola receives communion by Pope Benedict XVI during a ...
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  • Pope Benedict XVI will have canonised 28 new saints since becoming pontiff in 2005
    Pope Benedict XVI will have canonised 28 new saints since becoming ...
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  • A pilgrim holds a flag showing Father Damien as Pope Benedict leads a canonisation mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
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  • A tapestry of Father Damien hangs from St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Benedict leads a canonisation mass in the Vatican
    A tapestry of Father Damien hangs from St. Peter's Basilica as Pope ...
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  • A young pilgrim wears a hat with the name of Father Damien as Pope Benedict leads a canonisation mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
    A young pilgrim wears a hat with the name of Father Damien as Pope ...
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  • A Belgian pilgrim draped with a Flemish flag watches canonisation mass of Father Damien in Vatican
    A Belgian pilgrim draped with a Flemish flag watches canonisation mass ...
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  • A pilgrim holds a Flemish flag showing Father Damien as Pope Benedict leads a canonisation mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
    A pilgrim holds a Flemish flag showing Father Damien as Pope Benedict ...
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Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola attend canonisation mass of ...
Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints on Sunday, including a 19th century priest who worked with leprosy patients on an isolated Hawaiian island, praising them as models of perfection for sacrificing themselves for others...Peter's Basilica was Hawaii resident Audrey Toguchi,...
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    They are the first Spaniards to be elevated to sainthood since the pontiff was elected Pope Benedict XVI has, this Sunday, named five new saints of the Catholic Church, including the first two Spaniards of his pontificate to be elevated to sainthood.
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  • Blog Source: www.e-zbus.com
    Newly Proclaimed St. Damien Served Leper Colony on Hawaii. Oct 11th, 2009 by admin. Father Damien de Veuster, who was canonized as saint by Pope Benedict XVI at a mass earlier today, was a 19th-century Belgian missionary who ministered ...
  • Blog Source: tatisttaste.blogspot.com
    Father Damien, The new saints. Pope Benedict has celebrated a mass in the Vatican to proclaim new saints. The canonisation ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica was attended by tens of thousands of Catholics, who went to observe the ...
  • Blog Source: www.smartlinkusa.net
    Pope Benedict XVI has recognized five new Catholic saints, including a Belgian priest who worked with leprosy patients on an isolated Hawaiian island in the 19th century.
  • Blog Source: dzehnle.blogspot.com
    Pope Benedict XVI on Saint Damien of Molokai. The good folks at Zenit have posted a translation of the Holy Father's homily at yesterday's Mass of canonization. Referring to Father Damien, the Pontiff said: Jozef De Veuster, who in the Congregation
  • Blog Source: www.ktnv.com
    After the ceremony, the pope came out on the basilica's central balcony to greet the crowd in the square. Speaking about Damien in French, he told the pilgrims "I encourage you to support with your prayers and efforts those involved ...
  • Blog Source: www.ktvz.com
    After the ceremony, the pope came out on the basilica's central balcony to greet the crowd in the square. Speaking about Damien in French, he told the pilgrims "I encourage you to support with your prayers and efforts those involved ...
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