Vatican – Pope Francis presides at the canonisation mass of 14 new saints
Vatican City, Vatican – October 2024 – On Sunday 20 September, Pope Francis presided at the canonisation mass of Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missionaries; Sister Elena Guerra, founder of the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of the Holy Spirit; Sister Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family and the eleven martyrs of Damascus killed in 1860 Manuel Ruiz López and seven Companions, and Francis, Mooti and Raffaele Massabki, Maronite lay faithful.