This Friday the images of the 7 future saints who will be canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, October 19. Here we present the official portraits of each of them:
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José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros
Known as “the doctor of the poor” he was born on October 26, 1864 in Isnotú, an Andean town in Venezuela, located in the state of Trujillo.
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.
This portrait of Hernández was taken in New York, in 1917, and he himself referred to the photograph like a “deformed image” that twice broke the camera lens.
Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez
Credit: Vatican Media.Credit: Vatican Media.Known as Mother Carmen Rendiles, she was born in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, in 1903 and founded the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus, approved by the Holy See in 1965. Mother Carmen died on May 9, 1977.
She will be canonized thanks to the inexplicable healing of a young woman from Caracas who in 2018 suffered from meningitis and encephalitis.
Pedro To Rot
Catechist and family man born in 1912 in Papua New Guinea, where assumed pastoral leadership in the absence of priests during the Japanese occupation that occurred during World War II, from 1941 to 1945.
Mons. Igged Maloya
Born in Mardin (present-day Türkiye) in 1869. He was a catholic archbishop of the Catholic Eparchy of Amida.
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.
Maria Troncatti
Salesian nun born in Brescia (Italy), in 1883, Sister Maria Troncatti She was a Red Cross nurse during World War I and later a missionary in eastern Ecuador, where she worked for reconciliation between settlers and indigenous people.
Bartolo Longo
Italian layman and lawyer, Bartolo Longo founded the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii.
After abandoning spiritualism and Satanist sects, he embraced Catholicism and became a fervent catechist and man dedicated to assisting those most in need.
Andres Henriquez
I was born in Caracas in 1996. I have been a writer for ACI Prensa and a correspondent for EWTN since 2023. Since then, I have covered events in the Catholic Church in Venezuela, Latin America and the world. I have more than 6 years of experience in bilingual media. Furthermore, in Venezuela I have worked in various areas in favor of freedom and respect for fundamental rights in the country. I have been a member of the Regnum Christi Federation since 2014.