Sunday, 12 May 2013

Pope proclaims first saints, says Christians still persecuted


Pope Francis waves at the end of a canonization mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being persecuted for their faith. The Vatican seemed at pains not to allow the first canonizations of Francis' two-month-old papacy to be interpreted as anti-Islamic, saying the deaths of the 'Otranto Marytrs' must be understood in their historical context. ...








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