Eleison Comments - Number CDXXXII (432)

Bishops’ Synod

God’s Law belongs to God and not to man.

Man must, with Christ, obey as best he can.

When the three-week meeting of Catholic bishops from all over the world opened in Rome on October 4 to discuss questions on the family, many Catholics feared that it would undermine the Church’s unchangeable moral doctrine, especially since Pope Francis is so intent on reaching out to immoral modern man. However, traditionally minded Catholics have been encouraged by the emergence before and during the Synod of substantial resistance by many Newchurch prelates to any such undermining. Only tomorrow will the Synod’s results be known, but certain things are clear, whatever those results may be.

Firstly, let nobody say that there is nothing Catholic left in the mainstream Catholic Church. Conciliarism may well have infected the faith and morals of many, even most, of its prelates, but to claim that all of them are utterly corrupt is a gross injustice and over-simplification. Obviously a number of them are doing their best to uphold God’s moral law.

Secondly, however, these (in this respect) good men are fighting from a weak position because dogma is the foundation of morals, and with Vatican II the Newchurch abandoned dogma. Dogma founds morals because, for instance, if God, Heaven and Hell (dogma) do not exist, then why should I obey the Ten Commandments (morals)? And Vatican II by its Declaration on Religious Liberty wrecked dogma because if, as it taught, a State must recognize the right of all its citizens to practise in public the religion of their choice, then Jesus Christ cannot be God, because if he is, then the State, coming from God just as much as all the men composing it come from God, can grant no such right to religions denying that he is God, and for it to grant such a right is implicitly to deny that Jesus is God. Thus 50 years before the Synod, Vatican II undermined in advance all subsequent defenders of Christian morals, however decent as men they may be, unless they repudiate Vatican II.

That is why, thirdly, as John Vennari argues (one need not agree with everything he says), the essential trick of those at the Synod seeking to change Catholic morals has been the “turn towards man” underlying all of Vatican II. Here is the trick: “God’s Church is for man. True, God cannot change, but his Law must fit man, and yesterday’s Law no longer fits today’s man. Therefore that Law must be adapted to modern times.” However the Catholic Church was purchased by the Blood of Christ not to pull God down to man, but to raise man up to God, and to provide him through Christ with the means of being thus raised.

And fourthly, as Michael Voris says (one need not agree with everything he says), the Synod has been full of “bishop babble.” This is because many Newbishops will never have been properly taught Catholic doctrine, in fact they may well have learned that there is no such thing as unchanging truth. Thanks to Vatican II their minds are ad rift among the morals and anti-morals of all the religions of the world. It can be no wonder then if they are hardly capable of thinking, and if they run loose at the mouth.

And fifthly, as an honorable colleague from the Society of St Pius X says (he has been criticized before now in these “Comments”), even if the Synod were to close tomorrow with entirely Catholic conclusions, still God’s moral law will have been undermined by the mere fact of its having been questioned on major points for a length of time, officially and in public. Moreover this Synod seems sure to rest even true conclusions not on their objective truth, but on the bishops’ vote, so that the liberals can come back next year or the year after, for one vote after another, until they finally get what they want. Today the voting game belongs to them.

Kyrie eleison.

The Church is making life 'hell' for millions of gay Catholics even though the clergy is 'full of homosexuals!'

The Church is making life 'hell' for millions of gay Catholics even though the clergy is 'full of homosexuals' says priest fired by the Vatican after coming out! 

• Father Krzystof Charamsa stripped of post on the day he said he was gay
• In furious letter to Pope Francis, he has accused the Vatican of hypocrisy
• Condemned Church for causing 'immeasurable suffering' to gay Catholics
• Called on 'gay cardinals, bishops and priests' to abandon 'brutal' Church
• Italian court annuls marriages of hundreds gay couples who wed abroad

A high-ranking Polish priest who was fired after coming out as gay has accused the Catholic Church of making life 'hell' for millions of homosexuals.

Father Krzystof Charamsa was stripped of his post earlier this month on the day he announced he was in a relationship with another man.

In a scathing letter to Pope Francis, he accused the Vatican of hypocrisy because he said the clergy was 'full of homosexuals'.

He also condemned the Church for causing 'immeasurable suffering' to homosexual Catholics and their families. 

Polish priest Krzystof Charamsa (left) has accused the Catholic Church of making life 'hell' for millions of homosexuals after he was fired on the day he announced he was in a relationship with another man

In the letter, released to the BBC, he said he had taken the decision to 'publicly reject the violence of the Church towards homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and intersexual people'.

He called on 'all gay cardinals, gay bishops and gay priests to have the courage to abandon this insensitive, unfair and brutal Church.'

Pope Francis has not yet responded to the letter.

But the Vatican's anger contrasted with the news of Francis's still close relationship with an old Argentinian friend and his gay partner, who were hugged by the pontiff in the United States last month. 

Father Charamsa has written a letter to Pope Francis, saying he had taken the decision to 'publicly reject the violence of the Church towards homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and intersexual people'

The Pontiff has also previously said that the Church must have 'its doors open to welcome all those who knock' and not 'point the finger in judgement' of others. 

Earlier this month, Father Charamsa rubbished claims that there was a 'gay lobby' trying to influence the church.

It came after the Pope made comments in the past that suggested there was a gay network in the Church.

In 2013 he famously said 'Who am I to judge?' when asked about homosexuals in the Church and the rumoured network of gay Vatican leaders. 

But Father Charamsa denied the rumours.

'I met homosexual priests, often isolated like me... but no gay lobby,' he said, adding that he also met gay priests who were 'homophobes' and had 'hatred for themselves and others'. 

Charamsa said he wrote a letter to Pope Francis asking him to convey his spirit of openness to bishops at the synod, where Church leaders discussed marriage and family teachings. 

Since 2005, the Church has forbidden the ordination of priests with homosexual tendencies. 

But this rule is applied in different ways, with many bishops turning a blind eye as long as priests remain celibate.

Charamsa says he has stayed faithful to his vow of celibacy because he has 'never touched a woman'.

Read more:

• Gay priest decries 'inhuman' treatment of homosexual Catholics - BBC News

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Pope Francis’s enemies inside the church leaked false story that he had a brain tumor!

The Blame Game…

Most Vatican observers said they believed that if it really was engineered by insiders, it may have been the work of conservatives at the Synod!

Pope Francis’s enemies inside the church leaked false story that he had a brain tumor, enraged Vatican says!!

The Vatican alleged Thursday that Pope Francis was the victim of an internal conspiracy to undermine his authority after a false story was leaked claiming he had a brain tumor.

The front-page story was published by Quotidiano Nazionale, an Italian newspaper, on Wednesday, but indignantly denied by Vatican spokesmen.

Cardinals and others within the Catholic Church hierarchy suggested that the unfounded story was an attempt by “enemies” of the 78-year-old Pope to discredit him and to suggest his judgment was impaired.

They said the timing of the leak was deeply suspicious as it came just days before the conclusion of the Synod, a three-week meeting of 270 bishops and cardinals which has been discussing delicate issues such as divorce and the Church’s attitude to homosexuality.

L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, said: “The moment (that was) chosen reveals an attempt to raise a cloud of dust in order to manipulate.” Walter Kasper, a liberal cardinal closely in step with the Pope’s views, said: “Certain people, both inside and outside the Church, are nervous about the outcome of the Synod.”

The tumor story was an attempt to “upset” the final days of deliberation at the gathering, the cardinal added.

Italian newspapers speculated about “the shadow of a plot”. “Who wants the Pope dead?” read the headline of Il Giornale, a conservative daily, which said the Church was “in chaos”.

Massimo Franco, a leading Vatican expert, said that whoever had leaked the tumor story was aiming to undermine the “legitimacy” of the Pope.

“This nasty story seems to have been concocted by the enemies of Jorge Mario Bergoglio to let him know that he is in their sights,” he wrote in Corriere della Sera.

The underlying aim may have been to cast doubt on the Pope’s mental acuity, insinuating that his actions and statements were a result of “his brain not functioning properly”, Mr Franco suggested. It remained unclear who exactly was behind the alleged plot. Most Vatican observers said they believed that if it really was engineered by insiders, it may have been the work of conservatives at the Synod!

In its story, Quotidiano Nazionale claimed that the Pope had been secretly visited at the Vatican by a Japanese surgeon who had found a benign, treatable, brain tumour.

The Holy See issued three increasingly exasperated denials of the story and the named brain cancer specialist, Dr Takanori Fukushima, released a statement saying that he had never medically examined the Pope.

The Rev Federico Lombardi, the chief Vatican spokesman, said: “As all can see, the Pope continues to exercise his intense activity without interruption and in an absolutely normal way.”

However, Quotidiano Nazionale stood by its story. Andrea Cangini, the editor, said his journalists had worked for months to double-check the information and make sure their sources were reliable.

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Vatican denies Pope Francis is suffering from a brain tumor!

Vatican denies Pope Francis is suffering from a brain tumor after Italian newspaper claims doctors had found 'a dark small spot' on a scan!

• Italian paper claims Pope Francis has been diagnosed with a brain tumor
• It was reported the small dark spot could be cured without surgery
• But the Vatican has refuted the report as 'unfounded' and 'irresponsible'

The Vatican has denied claims Pope Francis is suffering from a small but curable brain tumour after a doctor found a 'dark spot'.

It was claimed the pope had recently travelled secretly by helicopter to the San Rossore di Barbaricina clinic, in Tuscany, to visit Japanese specialist Dr Takanori Fukushima.

There the doctor determined the small dark spot on Francis's brain could be cured without surgery, Quotidiano Nazionale reported.

An Italian newspaper has claimed Pope Francis has a small but curable tumor on his brain

However, the Vatican has moved quickly to refute the claims, labeling them 'unfounded and seriously irresponsible'.

The Reverend Federico Lombardi said the pope 'is carrying out as always with his intense activities'.

The newspaper's editor, Andrea Cangini, said it expected the denial but stood by its story.

Fears for the health of Pope Francis resurfaced several months ago when he told parishioners that he is 'a bit old and a bit sick'.

During a visit to the seaside town of Ostia in May, the pope asked a group of elderly and disabled people to pray for him, warning that he was also suffering from heath problems.

He said: 'I thank God that in this community the old and the ill are cared for. When the old and ill are not looked after there something wrong with the community.'

He added: 'I ask you to pray for me - I am a bit old and a bit sick.' He then reassured them: 'But it's not too bad.'

Fears for the health of Pope Francis resurfaced several months ago when he asked a group of elderly and disabled people to pray for him during a visit to the town of Ostia (pictured)

The Vatican has denied the reports, describing them as 'unfounded and seriously irresponsible'

Previously Francis has insisted that he expects to live only two or three years. He told journalists on the papal plane last year he would only be in power 'a short time'.

'Two or three years and then I'll be off to the Father's house,' he said.

The pope has some underlying health problems, including sciatica and had part of one of his lungs removed in his youth.

Some observers claim that he has gained weight since his election and is having difficulty breathing, which they say could be a sign of a heart condition. 

Read more:

• Il Papa ha un tumore al cervello. Ma i medici dicono che è curabile - QuotidianoNet - Notizie in tempo reale

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PETER THE ROMAN: reminds the bishops that the synod operates “not only with Peter, but also under Peter!!”

Peter the Roman, a.k.a Pope Francis in our midst…  Synod operates “not only with Peter, but also under Peter!!”

In his most important address yet to the bishops gathered for the Vatican Synod on the Family, Pope Francis reasserted his authority Saturday, reminding the bishops that the synod operates “not only with Peter, but also under Peter.”

“The synodal path culminates in listening to the Bishop of Rome,” Francis said, who is “called to teach as ‘Pastor and Teacher of all Christians,’ not from his own personal convictions, but as supreme witness of the faith of the whole Church.”

Although the Pope gave a nod to proposals of his predecessors John Paul II and Benedict XVI for a rethinking of the exercise of the papacy, he left no doubt regarding who is calling the shots.

The pope, Francis said, guarantees “the obedience and the conformity of the Church to the will of God, the Gospel of Christ and the Church’s tradition.”

“The fact that the synod always operates with Peter and under Peter—thus, not only with Peter but also under Peter—is not a limitation of freedom but a guarantee of unity,” Francis said.

“In fact, by the Lord’s will, the pope is the perpetual and visible sign and foundation of the unity, both of the bishops and the multitude of the faithful,” he said. So the bishops are united to the Bishop of Rome through episcopal communion, “and at the same time hierarchically subject to him as Head of the College,” he added.

At the same time, Francis said, this hierarchy, unlike that of the powerful of this world, must be understood as an “upside-down pyramid,” with the vertex at the bottom rather than the top. Those who exercise authority are called “ministers” because, according to the original meaning of the word, “they are the smallest of all,” he said.

And just as Jesus washed His disciples’ feet at the Last Supper, Francis said, “the successor of Peter himself is nothing but the servant of the servants of God (servus servorum Dei).”

For the disciples of Jesus, Francis insisted, “the only authority is the authority of service, and the only power is the power of the cross.”

And so, he continued, in a “synodal Church,” the Pope “is not by himself above the Church, but within her as a baptized member among the baptized” and “a bishop among the bishops.”

And yet he is also called as Peter’s successor “to guide the Church of Rome that presides in love over all the Churches.”

As the Bishop of Rome, I know well that Christ ardently desires the full and visible communion of all Christians, he said. “I am convinced that in this, I have a particular responsibility” and must seek “a way of exercising the primacy which, while in no way renouncing what is essential to its mission, is nonetheless open to a new situation,” he said, quoting Pope John Paul II.

Despite his forceful reaffirmations of the centrality of the role of the Pope in the Church, Francis also spoke of a need for greater “decentralization” and an increased role for ecclesiastical provinces and regions, special councils, and especially episcopal conferences in the governance of the Church.

In a synodal Church, he said, “it is not appropriate for the pope to replace the local episcopates in the discernment of all the problems that lie ahead in their territories. In this sense, I feel the need to proceed in a healthy ‘decentralization.’” 

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How North Korea’s brainwashing plans are being foiled by Queen Elsa

How North Korea’s brainwashing plans are being foiled by Queen Elsa: Children are taught to hate the U.S. from kindergarten – but secretly they love pop music and Frozen

North Korean children are brainwashed through culture, thesis has claimed

PhD candidate Christopher Richardson has studied 70 North Korean books

He argued that the state monopolizes education and children’s culture

But he said some children listen to pop music and watch Frozen in secret 

Young children in North Korea are being brainwashed to ensure they will support ruler Kim Jong-un, according to an Australian man who has done extensive research in the secretive country.

University of Sydney doctoral student Christopher Richardson said children are taught to hate the USA, Japan and South Korea and worship the leader as soon as they reach kindergarten.

The PhD candidate’s thesis explores how the state monopolizes education and children’s culture, even controlling the songs, films and games that they can listen to and enjoy.

But he also argued that the North Korea’s Workers’ Party’s influence may be waning as he said that many young children have started illegally watching Disney films – including Frozen.

University of Sydney doctoral student Christopher Richardson (left) pictured with North Korean children

Young children in North Korea are brainwashed so they can be molded into politically useful citizens to shore up support for ruler Kim Jong-un, according to an Australian PhD candidate’s thesis

‘From the moment children are born, the first words they are taught are words in worship of the Kim family,’ Mr Richardson said.

‘From the time they are in kindergarten they are taught to hate the United States, Japan, and South Korea, and they are taught to love the leaders.

‘Childhood is perceived as a time to create revolutionary consciousness, national cohesion, ideological purity and reverence for Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un.

‘The state knows that its future depends on the young, so they are trying to win over the hearts and minds of children.’

Children are taught to hate the USA, Japan and South Korea and worship ruler Kim Jong-un as soon as they reach kindergarten

The young are encouraged to join the North Korean Children’s Union and they take part in military parades (pictured)

Children are taught that they should be prepared to risk their own life to save the supreme leader, pictured posing with a model of a nuclear missile 

He has examined more than 70 North Korean children’s book and said it was ‘extraordinary’ that some of the leaders were credited as having written some of the fairy stories and fables.

Kim Jong-il, the current supreme leader’s father, is credited with writing ‘Boys Wipe Out Bandits,’ a story about the ‘redemptive power of ultra-violence’.

And Kim Il-sung, founder of the dynasty, is listed as the author of an anti-American fable called ‘The Butterfly and the Cock’.

‘In between trying to develop the world’s largest army and create a nuclear program, I think it’s extraordinary that the leaders have taken time out to oversee the writing of children’s books.

‘Of course a ghost writer is likely to have actually penned the books. But just image if David Cameron or Malcolm Turnbull were credited with writing children’s books.’

He said that in stark contrast to the West which has a cultural free market, the state controls book publishing in North Korea.

‘There is a very small number of state owners publishers and all authors are state appointed. The idea of a celebrity author writing a book is unheard of.’

He said that in stark contrast to the West which has a cultural free market, the state controls book publishing in North Korea, pictured is a military parade

The young are encouraged to join the North Korean Children’s Union – which is the country’s version of the Hitler Youth, according to Mr Richardson.

They are brainwashed with state ideology and taught that they should be prepared to risk their own life to save the supreme leader.

But despite the nation’s oppression of free speech and thought, Mr Richardson argued that aspects of the western world were becoming more prevalent in North Korea.

‘More and more children have started listening to pop music and watching Disney movies like Frozen. They are also tuning into South Korean soap operas.

‘It is all happening behind closed doors. The problem is that is it just so seductive and the state is not sure how to deal with it.

‘People are commenting on how in North Korean girl’s skirts are getting shorter and children are walking around with Mickey Mouse backpacks in the capital.’

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Thousands gather in Rome to watch Pope Francis canonize the parents of St Therese

The married couple who have BOTH become saints: Thousands gather in Rome to watch Pope Francis canonize the parents of St Therese

• Pope Francis canonized Louis and Zelie Martin whose youngest daughter St Therese of Lisieux was already a saint
• The Martins had nine children, four of whom died. The remaining five, including Therese all became nuns 
• Thousands of people packed into St Peter's Square in Rome to attend the special canonization ceremony 
• Pope Francis also canonized Italian priest, Vincenzo Grossi and Spanish nun, Maria of the Immaculate Conception

Pope Francis today canonized the Catholic Church's first married couple in modern times, declaring the parents of the beloved St. Therese of Lisieux saints in their own right.

Francis told followers gathered in St. Peter's Square that the couple, Louis and Zelie Martin, 'practiced Christian service in the family, creating day by day an environment of faith and love which nurtured the vocations of their daughters'.

Francis is particularly devoted to the 19th century French Carmelite nun, fondly known as 'The Little Flower,' who died at the age of 24 in 1897 and was later honored with the title doctor of the church.

Pope Francis today canonized the parents of French saint Therese of Lisieux at a special ceremony in St Peter's Square in the Vatican

Thousands of people packed the square to witness the ceremony where Pope Francis appointed four new saints including the couple

Louis and Zelie Martin were canonized, along with Italian priest Vincenzo Grossi and Spanish nun Maria of the Immaculate Conception

Pope Francis canonized Louis and Zelie Martin because of the way they instilled their faith into their family including St Therese

Francis has had a copy of Therese's 'Story of a Soul' on his bookshelf since his days as a novice. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he had her image on his desk. And he has said that whenever he has a problem, he directs his payers to Santa Teresita, as she is known in Spanish, and often a white rose appears to him as a sign that she has heard his prayers.

Her parents were canonised at the start of final week of his big bishops' meeting on families. His aim is to provide Catholic families with saintly role models who took particular care to educate their children in the faith: The Martins bore nine children, only five of whom survived. All five became nuns, including the youngest, Therese, at age 15.

'It's the first time a couple have been canonized as a couple, and this is a beautiful sign for Christian families, who often are left without any support and have to go against the grain, especially in the West, to live and educate their children in the truth of creation and with that love that God has given us in Christ,' said the Rev. Romano Gambalunga, the postulator who followed the saint-making case through.

Portraits of the four new saints hung high above Pope Francis during today's special service in front of thousands of pilgrims

St Therese, known as The Little Flower, died at the age of 24, but is very revered by the Catholic church across the globe 

Before the mass, Pope Frances, pictured, was mobbed by large crowds as he was driven through St Peter's Square 

It is not insignificant that both miracles required for the canonization concerned the inexplicable cures of newborns born with what doctors determined to be life-ending ailments.

When the Martins were beatified in 2008, the 'miracle' concerned little Pietro Shiliro, born in the Italian city Monza in 2002 with a congenital lung deformation that doctors said he could not survive. The priest who was called to baptize him encouraged his parents to pray to the Martin's intercession. After a month in the ICU, during which he came close to death, he was released and is now a healthy teenager.

The second miracle needed for the Martin's canonization concerned little Carmen, born at 28 weeks on Oct. 15, 2008 in Valencia, Spain after a difficult pregnancy. Two days later, she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage that caused near-fatal blood poisoning. Her parents went to the Carmelite nuns seeking guidance; they suggested they pray to the intercession of the Martins, who had just been beatified on Oct. 17, 2008 in Lisieux.

After three months in the hospital, Carmen was released, cured, on Jan. 2, 2009 - the 135th anniversary of the birth of the Martin's youngest daughter, Therese.  

Louis and Zelie Martin were the very picture of charitableness: they helped the sick and dying, gave alms to beggars, ensured hospital care for the very ill and took in a child whose family could not look after him.

They also raised the girl who Pope Pius X is believed to have declared 'the greatest saint of modern times'.

The ceremony to canonize the couple comes two-thirds of the way through a global Church council on the family, which the pontiff is keen to hold up as the key social unit for nurturing faith and setting good examples.

'The holy spouses Louis Martin and Marie-Azelie Guerin practised Christian service in the family, creating day by day an environment of faith and love which nurtured the vocations of their daughters,' Francis said during the mass, using Zelie's full first name.

In an interview with Paris-Match this week, the pontiff described the couple as 'evangelists... who opened their door' to those in need in a period in which 'a certain bourgeoisie ethic was contemptuous of the poor'.

Louis and Zelie, who died in 1894 and 1887 respectively, had nine children, four of whom died at a young age, while the other five all became nuns.

Close to 2,000 Catholics watched the ceremony on big screens in the Basilica of Saint Therese in Lisieux.

'It's a joyful moment,' Annabella, accompanied by her husband and children.

'We try to follow their example, even if it's not easy. It's an example of a couple and family life with its joys, misfortunes, the loss of four children. Their example can be a staff to lean on.' 

TODAY'S CANONIZED SAINTS  

LOUIS AND ZELIE MARTIN had nine children, but only five of them survived to be adults. 

The five girls all became nuns, including Therese, who was described by Pope Pius X as the 'greatest saint of modern times'. 

FR VINCENZO GROSSI was an Italian priest and the founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Oratory. 

MARIA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, was the Spanish superior general of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross

Even some priests at today's special ceremony couldn't resist the opportunity to take a commemorative photograph on their mobiles

A large group of French people went to St Peter's Square today to honour St Therese's parents who were from Lisieux, north west France

Pope Francis has had a copy of Therese's 'Story of a Soul' on his bookshelf since his days as a novice and her portrait on his desk

Louis had initially intended to become a monk, but after being rejected because he did not know Latin well enough, he met and fell in love with Zelie in Alencon in Normandy, marrying her three months later in 1858.

The pair first intended to live as brother and sister, but were persuaded to have children by a priest.

Their youngest child, Marie-Francoise Therese Martin - also known as Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face - was born in 1873, became a cloistered nun aged 15 and died of tuberculosis nine years later.

She was raised to sainthood in 1925 by Pope Pius XI and in 1997 made a doctor of the Church by John Paul II - a rare honour signifying that her writings and preachings are useful to Christians.

Her autobiography, 'The Story of a Soul', written as her health deteriorated, is a memoir of her troubled childhood and determination after the death of her mother when she was four to become a nun and dedicate her life to God.

Francis has said he carries one of the saint's books in his black travelling bag and turns to her for help and guidance.

Therese of Lisieux's parents were beatified in 2008 - the first step on the path to sainthood - after the Vatican recognised they had performed a miracle by responding to prayers from the family of a sick Italian child Pietro Schiliro.

But they needed another miracle for their elevation to sainthood.

On March 18, Francis said the pair had performed a miracle by curing a Spanish baby called Carmen. Born prematurely and risking a brain hemorrhage, her parents prayed for the Martins' intercession and the infant survived.

Both Pietro, 12, and Carmen, 7, were present at the canonization ceremony on Sunday, the first ever of a married couple with children.

Pope Francis wants St Therese's parents to become a role model as all their surviving children became nuns

Among those attending today's canonisation ceremony was French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, pictured centre

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