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They called him 'God's influencer,' the Catholic Church canonizes the first millenial saint

By Ruth Sherlock,

Avery Keatley

Published September 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM EDT

The Catholic Church is about to canonize its first saint of the millennial generation.

Ruth Sherlock

Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States Editor for the Daily Telegraph, covering the 2016 US election. Before moving to the US in the spring of 2015, she was the Telegraph's Middle East correspondent.

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Avery Keatley

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