Pope Francis Gives ‘Green Light’ For Canonization Of ‘Martyrs Of Damascus’

By Marinella Bandini

In Damascus, Syria news that the 11 “Martyrs of Damascus” will be canonized was received with “emotion and hope,” according to Father Firas Lufti, guardian of the Franciscan convent of Bab-Touma in Damascus where the martyrdom occurred and where many relics of the martyrs are...