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Brazilians Gather To Hail New Saint

Pope Benedict visits Sao Paulo to canonize one of their own

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted May 11, 2007 7:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – Up to a million spectators will flock to Sao Paulo today to see Pope Benedict XVI canonize the first saint born in Brazil. Friar Galvao, a Franciscan monk who died in 1822, wrote Latin prayers on slips of rice paper that he rolled into "... Read full story »

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