LIVE: Pope Leo canonizes new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV presides over a canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square that gives Venezuela and Papua New Guinea their first saints. The seven new saints are José Gregorio Hernández and Maria del Carmen Rendiles Martínez from Venezuela, Peter To Rot from Papua New Guinea, Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan from Armenia, and Maria Troncatti, Vincenza Maria Poloni and Bartolo Longo from Italy. Read more: https://bit.ly/4ovJA19

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Post from AP on October 19, 2025