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Fatima Siblings Are Now Saints
Fatima Siblings Are Now Saints
Fatima Siblings Are Now Saints
FATIMA, Portugal (AP) -- Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints Saturday, honoring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the Portuguese farm town of Fatima into one of the world's most important Catholic shrines.
Mother Teresa is Now a Saint
Mother Teresa is Now a Saint
Mother Teresa is Now a Saint
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, praising the tiny nun for having taken in society's most unwanted and for having shamed world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created."
Soon It Will Be Saint Teresa
Soon It Will Be Saint Teresa
Soon It Will Be Saint Teresa
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has signed off on the miracle needed to make Mother Teresa a saint, giving the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor one of the Catholic Church's highest honors just two decades after her death.

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