Two nuns on Sunday became the first Palestinians to gain sainthood during an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St Peter's Square attended by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Marie Alphonsine Ghattas was born in Jerusalem in 1843, and died there in 1927. Mariam Bawardy was born in Galilee, **w in **rthern Israel, in 1846. Around 2,000 pilgrims from the Palestinian territories, Israel and Jordan attended the mass as well as Abbas, who had a private audience with the Pope on Saturday.
06-05-2015, 12:01 PM
Pope creates first Palestinian saints at Vatican mass
Two nuns on Sunday became the first Palestinians to gain sainthood during an open-air mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St Peter's Square attended by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Marie Alphonsine Ghattas was born in Jerusalem in 1843, and died there in 1927. Mariam Bawardy was born in Galilee, **w in **rthern Israel, in 1846. Around 2,000 pilgrims from the Palestinian territories, Israel and Jordan attended the mass as well as Abbas, who had a private audience with the Pope on Saturday.
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