Venezuela: José Gregorio Hernández and Mother María Carmen Rendiles to become saints

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The Vatican is celebrating the canonization of seven blessed men and women, including Blessed José Gregorio Hernández and Blessed Mother Carmen Rendiles, the first two Venezuelans to be canonized. The holy mass is being presided by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square. Among those being canonized is Peter Torot of Papua New Guinea, who was martyred in 1945 for defending Christian marriage and continuing religious activities during Japanese occupation. Also being canonized is Italian Vincensa Maria Poloni, founder of the Sisters of Mercy in the 19th century, who cared for chronically ill women. The ceremony marks the official declaration of sainthood for these individuals, allowing Catholic faithful to venerate them.  #teleSUREnglish #Vatican #Canonization #JoséGregorioHernández #MotherCarmenRendiles #Saints

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00:00Now we go live to Vatican City, where the canonization of seven blessed men and women

00:15will be presided by Pope Leo XIV. Among them are blessed Jorge Gregorio Hernandez and blessed

00:21mother Carmen Jorandiles, the first two Venezuelans to be canonized in a holy mass presided by Pope

00:27Leo XIV. Let's see more. St. John Paul II beatified him on October 7th, 2001.

00:45Another of the blessed is Peter Torot, who lived from 1912 to 1945.

00:54He was born on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. He was born in a trading

01:02village of Rakunai. And at the age of 18, he enrolled at St. Paul's College in Taligalpi,

01:12which was established to train full-time catechists to proclaim the Gospel.

01:16In 1936, he married and had three children with his wife. Then in January 1942, the Japanese army

01:30occupied the island and imprisoned the European missionaries. During that time,

01:36Peter Torot found himself leading the mission of catechesis. Then in 1944, the Japanese occupiers

01:51forbade him from carrying out any religious activity. And Peter, despite the ban, refused and built

02:02a an underground shelter and continued to gather people for prayer and the celebration of the sacraments.

02:11He was well aware of the risks he was taking

02:13and he opposed the village leaders and some of the local population who

02:28supported the legalization of polygamy, which the Japanese legalized.

02:33and he opposed this stance in defense of monogamous and indissoluble marriage.

02:44He was arrested and sentenced to two months in prison. And while in prison, his sister came to visit

02:52him. He said to her, do not cry. I am here for a good cause. I am very happy because I am here for my faith.

02:59In July 1945, he was murdered by a lethal injection. Pope Saint John Paul II celebrated his beatification

03:11in January of 1995 in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.

03:17the capital of Papua New Guinea. We see the procession beginning into St. Peter's Square.

03:38the capital of Papua New Guinea. We will continue to explore the lives of these

03:52blessed, these new saints. And before the Holy Father begins the Mass, we will take a moment to, for

04:02recollection, that we see the Holy Father coming out of St. Peter's Basilica to begin this liturgy.

04:22of St. Peter's Basilica to begin this liturgy.

04:32Another of the blessings being celebrated today is Vincenza Maria Poloni, who was an Italian,

04:45Christian, now soon-to-be saint, born into the Church of Verona in the 19th century.

04:55She assisted and cared for the chronically ill women at a charitable institution in the city,

05:07and founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1840.

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