Pope Benedict XVI conducts the canonisation ceremony of Italian nun Rosa Venerini, Mexican bishop Rafael Guizar, Italian priest Filippo Smaldone and Indiana nun Theodore Guerin in St. Peter's square at the Vatican October 15, 2006.

2006-10-15-BXVI-canonization38

Filename: 2006-10-15-BXVI-canonization38
Description: Lawyer Andrea Ambrosi, postulant for the cause of sainthood of Mother Theodore Guerin, pays homage to Pope Benedict XVI during an open-air mass in St. Peter's square at the Vatican Sunday Oct. 15, 2006. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the mass during the canonization ceremony of Mother Theodore Guerin, a French-born nun who struggled in the 19th century in the American frontier land, Rafael Guizar Valencia, a Mexican Bishop whose dead body reportedly did not decay and two Italians, Rosa Venerini, who pushed for education for girls and Filippo Smaldone, an Italian priest who worked with the deaf.
Object name: 2006-10-15-BXVI-canonization38
Credit: ŠGIANCARLO GIULIANI/CPP

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