Pope Francis declared two martyrs, four priests and a mystic nun saints of the Catholic church on Sunday, saying they all had a "generous and steadfast heart". Tapestry portraits of the seven saints, hung from the facade of St Peter's Basilica, rippled in the breeze above the main square at the Vatican where Francis led the ceremony. Two martyrs were also added to the the Church's more than 10,000-strong roster of saints. The second, Salomone Leclerq, belonged to a religious order in France, where he was killed during the revolution in 1792. French mystic nun Elizabeth Catez, known as Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, died in 1906 at the age of 26 from a rare adrenal gland disorder for which there was then no cure.

Source: The Star October 16, 2016 11:37 UTC