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-canonization41

Filename: 2006-10-15-BXVI-canonization41
Description: (From left) Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, General Superior Ann Margaret O'Hara, Nancy Nolan and Diane Ris, bring the Holy Relics of Mother Theodore Guerin 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-canonization41
Credit: ŠGIANCARLO GIULIANI/CPP

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