Pope to celebrate thanksgiving Mass for new Jesuit Saint
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will this evening celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving
for the Canonization of Jesuit priest Josè de Anchieta at the Church of St Ignatius
of Loyola here in Rome.He was proclaimed a Saint by the Holy Father on the 3rd of April.
Fr Anchieta, who is commonly known as the “Apostle of Brazil” was a priest in the 16th century and is Brazil's third saint. He has also been declared patron of Catechists.
Saint Josè was born on the Canary Islands, and came to Brazil in 1553 as a missionary priest. He is a highly influential figure in Brazil’s history and was one of the founders of Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro.
He was also active in the religious instruction and converting Indians to Catholicism.
Josè de Anchieta was canonized in process called equivalent canonization. It is a procedure where the Pope waives the usual judicial process and declares that a blessed’s liturgical cult is extended to the universal Church.
Lydia O’Kane spoke to Brazilian Rafael Bellincanta from Vatican Radio about this new Saint. Listen
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