Religion
Pope Francis Set To Declare 35 New Saints
Pope Francis will declare 33 martyrs and 2 others from Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Italy, as the Catholic Church’s new saints on Sunday at a Canonization Mass in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square.
They include 30 so-called “Matryrs of Natal”, including priests and lay people, who were killed in 1645 in a wave of anti-Catholic persecution by Dutch Calvinists in Natal, Brazil.
Another group of 3 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 will also be two European priests. One of them is Spanish Piarist Father, Manuel Míguez González, the founder of the Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess, or the Calasanzian Institute.
He died in 1925. The other is Italian Cappuchin priest, Fr. Angelo da Acri, who died in 1739.
NAN
Follow us on social media:
“The quality of a woman isn’t measured by the hair on her head but by her brain” – Yul Edochie cautions ladies against killing themselves over expensive hair this Christmas
President Tinubu cancels Lagos engagements in honor of food stampede victims
Moment stage collapses on Odumodublvck during concert performance (Video)
Goods worth millions of naira destroyed as fire guts spare parts market in Ibadan
Farmer k!lled, three siblings and one other severely injured as bomb explosions rock Niger state community
Video trends as Nigerian lady transforms face into Jesus Christ with makeup (Watch)
Lady swaps old woman’s ATM card while pretending to help, steals N2M
“The money wey dem pay me don expire” – Moment Burna Boy stops his performance at the Oando PLC end of the year party (Video)
-
Celebrity Gossip & Gist1 day ago“The money wey dem pay me don expire” – Moment Burna Boy stops his performance at the Oando PLC end of the year party (Video)
-
Economy1 day agoGoods worth millions of naira destroyed as fire guts spare parts market in Ibadan
-
Celebrity Gossip & Gist10 hours agoMoment stage collapses on Odumodublvck during concert performance (Video)
-
Economy10 hours agoPresident Tinubu cancels Lagos engagements in honor of food stampede victims