A group of five new saints were canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday. The canonization mass took place in Saint Peter's Basilica.

Pope Benedict XVI created India's first woman saint, and denounced anti-Christian violence in that country. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome Sister Alphonsa was among four new saints canonized by the pope in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square.

ANSA news agency reports that thousands of people in the church were anounced that The Miracle of San Gennaro was repeated on Wednesday when the blood of this city's patron saint liquefied at 9.30am. ANSA is an English language news organization reporting from Italy.

This print of Disputation about the Eucharist by (Raffaello Sanzio 1509) hangs on my office wall. I thought it was an appropriate display for All Saints Day.

Over 100,000 worshippers in the South Urals are expected to bow to the relics of St. John Chrysostom. The relics are to arrive in the Chelyabinsk Region from Moscow on Saturday, Feofilakt the Bishop of Magnitogorsk, the diocesan vicar of Chelyabinsk, told RIA Novosti.