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The 'blessed' saint from Kerala
October 13, 2008
The beatification process, the last formal step before sainthood, of Sister Alphonsa began in 1996 by Pope John Paul II, who had declared her a 'Blessed Servant of God', when he visited India.
Winding up the long-drawn process of the canonisation which began half-a-century back, the Pope conferred sainthood on Sister Alphonsa along with three others -- Maria Bernarda Butler from Switzerland, Narcisa de Jesus Marlillo Moran from Ecuador and Father Gaetano Errico from Italy -- at an internationally-televised event.
Image: Pope Benedict XVI salutes pilgrims from India in St Peter's square at the Vatican.
Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
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