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On Sunday May 15, three French people were canonized in Rome, Italy, by the Pope. On the spot, the journalist Alban Mikoczy looks back on this ceremony.
Three Frenchmen were canonized in Rome (Italy)Sunday, May 15. “The highlight is obviously the announcement of the names of the three new Blesseds of the Catholic Church“, says Alban MikoczyFrance Télévisions correspondent in Rome, Sunday 15 May. Three Frenchmen, César de Bus, a Provençal priest, Marie Rivera nun and Charles de Foucauld were thus proclaimed saints.
The life of Charles de Foucauld is extraordinary. “He was a very wealthy viscount and he left everything, abandoned everything to become a hermit in the desert”explains the journalist. In Rome (Italy)many French people had made the trip. “It really is a beautiful ceremony.“, reports a seminarian. “Charles de Foucauld, he really did a lot for everything that is interreligious. It’s very topical and I’m happy to be here today”says a woman.
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