This October 19, Pope Leo XIV will canonize a group of 7 blesseds. They are Sister María Troncatti, Sister Vicenta María Poloni, José Gregorio Hernández, Bartolo Longo, Mons. Ignacio Maloyan, Pedro To Rot and Sister María del Monte Carmelo Rendiles Martínez.
The Vatican Liturgical Celebrations Office confirmed that the canonization Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 (Rome time) in St. Peter’s Square, and will be presided over by the Holy Father.
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Among the new saints, several Latin American figures of great popular devotion stand out.
Maria Troncatti
A Salesian nun born in Brescia (Italy) in 1883, Sister María Troncatti was a Red Cross nurse during the First World War and later a missionary in eastern Ecuador, where she worked for reconciliation between settlers and indigenous people.
He recognized miracle attributed to him The intercession went to a farmer and carpenter from a town in Ecuador, who suffered a deep fracture in his skull which caused paralysis and lack of language.
The man dreamed of Sister María Troncatti, who assured him that he would heal, promising that at dawn he would be able to talk and walk again. The next day, according to testimony, the man woke up completely recovered.
Vicenta Maria Poloni
Born in Verona (Italy) in 1802, Vicenta María Poloni founded the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, dedicated to the service of the sick and marginalized. He died in 1855 with a reputation for holiness.
In January 2025, Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to his intercession: the healing of a Chilean woman named Audelia Parra, who, against all medical prognoses, recovered from a serious hemorrhage during a surgery that kept her hospitalized for about two and a half months in a hospital.
José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros
Known as “the doctor of the poor” he was born on October 26, 1864 in the town of Isnotú, in the state of Trujillo (Venezuela). He dedicated his life to serving the sick and needy, combining his knowledge with his faith. He died in 1919, at the age of 54, after being run over when he went out to buy medicine for an elderly woman without resources.
He miracle for his beatification It was based on the healing of the girl Yaxury Solórzano, who, in 2017, survived a gunshot to the head without suffering consequences thanks to her intercession.
In February 2025 published the decree of his canonization approved by Pope Francis, waiving the requirement of a second miracle. He is the first saint of Venezuelan origin.
Bartolo Longo
Italian layman and lawyer, Bartolo Longo founded the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii (Italy).
After abandoning spiritualism and Satanist sects, he embraced Catholicism and became a fervent catechist and man dedicated to assisting those most in need. He is also recognized as one of the greatest disseminators of the devotion of the Holy Rosary in the 20th century.
In February 2025 the decree was published of his canonization, approved by Pope Francis, waiving the requirement of a miracle.
Mons. Igged Maloya
Born in Mardin (present-day Türkiye) in 1869. He was a Catholic archbishop of the Catholic eparchy of Amida.
During the First World War, starting in 1914, the Turkish Ottoman Empire carried out the forced deportation and attempted extermination of the Armenian people, with a Catholic majority. This caused the death of millions of people. One of the victims was Bishop Ignatius Maloyan, who in 1915 they wanted to force to renounce his faith and convert to Islam. When he refused, he was executed.
In March 2025, Pope Francis approved his canonization without the need for a miracle, as is allowed in cases of martyrdom for the faith.
Pedro To Rot
Catechist and father of a family born in 1912 in Papua New Guinea, where he assumed pastoral leadership in the absence of priests during the Japanese occupation that occurred during World War II, from 1941 to 1945.
In order to weaken the influence of Christianity, Japanese authorities attempted to reinstate polygamy on the island, which Catholic missionaries had countered. Pedro opposed this measure, defending the value of marriage.
His resistance cost him his life in 1945, when he was arrested and martyred in a concentration camp, where he was poisoned and brutally beaten at the age of 33.
In March 2025, Pope Francis approved his canonization without the need for a miracle, becoming the first saint of this nation.
María del Monte Carmelo Rendiles Martínez
Known as Mother Carmen Rendiles, she was born in Caracas (Venezuela) in 1903 and founded the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus, approved by the Holy See in 1965. She died in 1977.
He first miracle What earned him beatification was the instant healing of a Venezuelan doctor in 2003; the second miracle, recognized for its canonization in march of 2025, was the cure of a young woman with idiopathic triventricular hydrocephalus in 2018.
She will be the first Venezuelan female saint.
Diego López Colin
I am a graduate of Journalism at the Carlos Septién García School with experience in religious institutional communication. Since 2016 I have been writing for digital media and, since 2018, I have reported the most important news about Catholic events in Mexico for the EWTN news channel. ACI Prensa correspondent in Mexico since 2023.