Five new saints this year

This morning, at 10:00am in the Consistory Hall at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, during the celebration of the liturgical Hour of Terse (mid-morning prayer), the Holy Father, Pope Francis held a Public Ordinary Consistory for the Canonization of

• Blessed Joseph Sánchez del Río;
• Blessed Stanislaw of Jesus and Mary (born Josef Papczyński);
• Blessed Giuseppe Gabrielle del Rosario Brochero;
• Blessed Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad; and
• Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (born Agnese Gonxha Bojaxhiu).

During the Consistory, the Pope decreed that these Blesseds will be written in the Book of Saints on the following dates:

Sunday, June 5, 2016
Blessed Stanislaw of Jesus and Mary
Blessed Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad

Sunday, September 4, 2016
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Sunday, October 16, 2016
Blessed Joseph Sánchez del Río
Blessed Giuseppe Gabrielle del Rosario Brochero