Pope Francis Canonizes 35 New Saints From Four Countries At St. Peter's Square Rome

The Catholic Church has canonized as saints 33 martyrs and two priests from Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Pope Francis declared the ‘Blessed’ saints of the Church on Sunday at a Canonization Mass held at Rome’s St. Peter’s Square.The new saints include 30 so-called “Martyrs of Natal”, who were killed in 1645 in a wave of anti-Catholic persecution by Dutch Calvinists in Natal, via IFTTT