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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sun May 17, 2015, 02:43 PM May 2015

Pope Francis Canonizes Two Palestinian Nuns

Reuters

VATICAN CITY, May 17 (Reuters) - Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square just days after the Vatican formalized its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine.

The canonisation of Sister Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, founder of the Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, and Maryam Baouardy, who founded a Carmelite convent in Bethlehem, was not directly connected with the Vatican's Wednesday announcement of a new accord with the State of Palestine.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/17/pope-francis-canonizes-palestinian-nuns_n_7300122.html?utm_hp_ref=religion