Pope Leo XIV Canonizes Seven New Saints (Special Podcast Highlight)

Image via Marco Iacobucci Epp / Shutterstock. In this episode of The Patrick Madrid Show , Patrick shares inspiring details from Pope Leo XIV’s historic canonization of seven new saints at St. Peter’s Square – an event that drew 70,000 faithful. Among them were the first saints from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea, including St. Peter To Rot , martyred for defending Christian marriage during World War II, and St. José Gregorio Hernández , the beloved “Doctor of the Poor.” Also canonized was St. Bartolo Longo , a former Satanist turned zealous apostle of the Rosary who built the famous Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii. Patrick shares each saint’s extraordinary witness of faith – from the rainforest missions of St. Maria Troncatti to the charitable works of St. Vincenza Maria Poloni and St. Maria del Carmen Rendiles Martínez , who overcame disability to found a religious order.