Show TWO TO CANONIZED BY POPE BENEDICT Impressive Services Held at St. St Peters Peter's ROME May 14 Solemn Solemn ceremonies for the canonization of of Gabriel Posse Pos- Pos I se senti ti and Marie Alac Alacoque e were held In St. St Peters Peter's today Pope Benedict was carried in the chair of state to th the cathedral cathedra being surrounded by a a. gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gor gor gor- retinue of Roman nobility and general officers of ot religious orders Swiss Swiss' guards preceded the procession When the tha procession entered th the cathedral the choir sang eang Ave Maria Marla Stella Throngs of French pilgrims pilgrim greeted the p pontiff with loud cheers waving g handkerchiefs and holding up religious objects for the apostolic blessing which the pope benevolently imparted with his upraised hand Pope Benedict was seated on a throne and preceded the canonization ceremonies by intoning a hymn After he had pronounced the formula fo for canonization and Ind nd inscribe th the names of the new saints in roll the pontiff ponti intoned a Te Deum while th the bells announced the happy event Later Pope Benedict celebrated mass mas massand massand and then returned to to his apartments In Inthe inthe inthe the Vatican Cardinal OConnell O'Connell o of Bost Boston n Mass was present the first fire time as a cardinal at a a. ceremony ny fo for tor canonization Gabriel one of the Passion Passion- 1st fathers was renowned for his sanctity and miracles He was born bornat bornat bornat at Assisi Italy on March 1 1838 and died February 27 7 1862 He was was burled burled at Isola Gran di-Gran di Gran Sasse Marguerite Marie Alacoque was a French nun of ot the late seventeenth century She was the founder of the worship of the sacred heart of Jesus |