In 1930, at the age of 18, the Servant of God was enrolled at St Paul's Mission School for ... immediately considered Peter a martyr. This was not a momentary reaction but a growing certitude.

Peter was declared a martyr and beatified in 1889. Pope Pius XII canonized him in 1954. Within a few years of Saint Peter Chanel’s death, most of the island of Futuna had converted to Catholicism.

Appearing publicly in street clothes for the first time as pontiff, Pope Francis went into St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and ...

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