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Catholics to get 5 more saints

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Published: Feb. 23, 2007 at 4:07 PM

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The Catholic Church expects five more saints in a few months, including a 19th-century priest known for his healing powers.

He was Charles of St. Andrew, a Dutch priest born Johannes Andreas Houben.

Sent to Dublin in 1857, he won huge popularity in the rough and poverty-stricken city for his ability to heal, ANSA said. As many as 300 people a day came to be blessed by him.

After his his death in 1893, his burial site at Mount Argus Church soon became a place of pilgrimage and Irish people continue to visit it today.

He will be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI June 3 along with a Pole, an Italian from Malta and a French nun.

The fifth new saint, a Brazilian priest, will be canonized May 11 during the pope's trip to Brazil.

Topics: Pope Benedict XVI
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