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Pope Francis canonizes 14 new saints, including priests martyred in Syria
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 20, 2024 / 11:00 am Pope Francis canonized 14 new saints on Sunday, including a father of eight and Franciscan friars killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith and convert to Islam. In a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 20, the pope declared three nineteenth-century…