Pope Francis has created five new saints today, including India’s Sister Mariam Thresia, Britain’s Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the Catholic Church’s most renowned converts, and a nun dubbed the “Mother Teresa of Brazil”.
Heads of state from across the world participated in the Vatican ceremony, which will also raise a Swiss laywoman, an Indian nun and an Italian nun to the highest position within the centuries-old institution.
Sister Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (CHF) in Thrissur, Kerala, in May 1914.
She was born on April 26, 1876, in Thrissur and passed away on June 8, 1926. On April 9, 2000, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Pope Francis will canonize five new saints during a Eucharistic Celebration in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
Besides Sister Mariam Thresia, the others are English Cardinal John Henry Newman, Swiss laywoman Marguerite Bays, Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes, and Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini.
Pope Francis on February 12 authorized a decree recognizing a miracle through her intercession, which cleared her for sainthood. On July 1, the Pope decided on October 13 as the canonization day.
