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Pope Francis Approves Canonisation Of Papua New Guinea's First Saint
Papua New Guinea is set to get its first Catholic saint,
Vatican News reports Pope Francis approving decress for the canonisation of three new saints including the martyred layman Blessed Peter To Rot.
A catechist during World War II Blessed Peter To Rot continued his pastoral work during the Japanese occupation of PNG despite it being forbidden and missionaries were being arrested.
His brother reported him to police after he confronted him for taking a second wife and he was sentenced to two months in prison, where he died of poisoning in July 1945.
Pope St John Paul II beatified Blessed Peter To Rot on 17 January 1995 in Port Moresby.
Pope Francis's decrees this week also cleared the path to sainthood for Archbishop Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan, who was murdered during the Armenian genocide, and Venezuelan religious founder Mother Maria del Monte Carmelo.
Pope Francis also recognised a miracle attributed to Fr Carmelo De Palma, an Italian priest from Bari, who was born on 27 January 1876.
The miracle involved the healing of a Benedictine nun in 2013 afflicted by a debilitating degenerative illness.
On Monday, the Pope also recognised the heroic virtues of Servant of God José Antônio de Maria Ibiapina, a 19th-century Brazilian politician-turned-priest.
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