Among the "pilgrims that have come from different countries to pay tribute to the new Saints", Benedict XVI spoke yesterday at the Angelus to the official delegation of India, that had run to Saint Peter’s Square for the canonisation of Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, India’s first saint. "Her heroic virtues of patience, fortitude and perseverance, right in the midst of deep sufferings said the Pope -, remind us that God always provides the strength we need to overcome any ordeal". Ensuring the Indian devotees of his "prayers at this difficult time", the Pope entrusted to the "providential care of God the Almighty those who fight for peace and reconciliation", exhorting "the perpetrators of violence to stop committing such deeds and join their brothers and sisters to work together and build a civilisation of love". ” ” ” “
