Pope Francis uses newly simplified rite to canonize six saints

VATICAN CITY — Using a newly simplified rite, Pope Francis proclaimed six new saints and praised them for the love and self-giving with which they served God and built up his kingdom by serving the poor and needy. Creating the two Indian and four Italian saints Nov. 23, the feast …

Pilgrims witness history as Popes John XXIII, John Paul II canonized

Bishop Stika, Cardinal Rigali celebrate Masses in Rome with Diocese of Knoxville group  Among the hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Divine Mercy Sunday to witness history as Popes John XXIII and John Paul II were canonized were a group of parishioners from the Diocese …