Pope Leo XIV canonized seven new saints in Vatican City, including Bartolo Longo, an Italian lawyer who was formerly a priest of Satan before reconverting to Catholicism.

• An estimated 55,000 faithful attended the solemn canonisation ceremony at St Peter’s Square.
• The newly canonized include Saint Ignatius Maloyan, martyred during the 1915 genocide, and Saint Peter To Rot, the first saint from Papua New Guinea.
• The canonization process typically requires two verified miracles for non-martyrs, affirming lives of 'heroic virtue'.