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Daniel_Cheung
10-11-2009, 09:25 PM
Pope canonises 'lepers' apostle' and four others
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091011/lf_afp/vaticanpopereligioncanonisation

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday canonised five new saints, including a man who dedicated his life to lepers in Hawaii and another considered one of the greatest mystics of the 20th century.

Belgium's King Albert II and his wife Paola, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon attended the mass in St Peter's basilica....