Pope canonises Kerala nun Mariam Thresia

Updated At : 12:37 PM Oct 14, 2019 IST

Indian nun Mariam Thresia. Photo credit: Mariamthresia.org.

Vatican City, October 13

Indian nun Mariam Thresia and four others were declared Saints by Pope Francis at a grand ceremony at the Vatican City on Sunday. Mariam Thresia, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family in Thrissur in May 1914, was raised to the highest position within the centuries-old institution during the ceremony at the St Peter’s Square.

The nun from Kerala was canonised along with English Cardinal John Henry Newman, Swiss laywoman Marguerite Bays, Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes and Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini. — PTI

Pope canonises Kerala nun Mariam Thresia

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