Vatican City: In a grand celebration of faith and diversity, Pope Leo XIV today canonized seven new saints from across the world during a solemn Mass at St. Peter’s Square. The historic World Mission Sunday ceremony drew thousands of pilgrims from more than 50 countries, marking one of the largest gatherings of the year in Vatican City.

The seven newly canonized saints represent a cross-section of the global Church missionaries, martyrs, founders, and laypeople who devoted their lives to faith, charity, and service. The new saints are Bartolo Longo of Italy, María Troncatti of Ecuador, Vincenza Maria Poloni of Italy, José Gregorio Hernández and María Carmen Rendiles Martínez of Venezuela, Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan of Armenia, and Peter To Rot of Papua New Guinea.

In his homily, Pope

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