Pope Francis waves upon his arrival to Cathedral in Santiago, Cuba, 22 September 2015. Pope Francis's first visit to Cuba ended with a mass in Santiago. The pope delivered the last sermon of his Cuban trip at the pilgrimage site of the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, located around 20 km (12 miles) from the city, and then go to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. EFE/Alejandro Bolivar
Vatican City, June 14 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis will approve five new saints including four men and a woman at a consistory on June 20, the Vatican said on Monday.
The sainthood candidates are: Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Leclerq, an 18th-century Christian Brother martyred after the French revolution; Spanish bishop Manuel Gonzalez Garcia; Lodovico Pavoni, an Italian priest and founder of the Sons of Mary Immaculate order; fellow Italian priest Alfonso Maria Fusco, who founded the Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene; and Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, a French Discalced Carmelite mystic and writer.
Francis earlier approved miracles attributed to the five candidates. A consistory formally ends the process of approving a new saint.
