Faithfuls including US Boy Scouts gathered in St. Peters's square as Pope Benedict XVI will canonise five new saints, including a man who dedicated his life to lepers in Hawaii and another considered one of the greatest mystics of the 20th at the Vatican, on October 11, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 28 months ago

Faithfuls including US Boy Scouts gathered in St. Peters's square as Pope Benedict XVI will canonise five new saints, including a man who dedicated his life to lepers in Hawaii and another considered one of the greatest mystics of the 20th at the Vatican, on October 11, 2009.

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