Priest with leprosy, 4 others made saints
Posted: October 12, 2009 at 5:05 a.m.
Pilgrims from Hawaii, in yellow clothes with floral patterns, take Holy Communion during a canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, led by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Sunday.
A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been likened to the efforts of those battling the stigma of AIDS was elevated to sainthood Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI, along with four other Catholics he hailed as heroes of holiness.
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