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A banner depicting the "Martyrs of Damascus" -- eight Franciscan friars and three Maronite laymen martyred in Syria in 1860 -- hangs from the front of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of their Oct. 20 canonization. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) (Lola Gomez)

Declaring saints: How the canonization process works

OSV News – All Saints Day on Nov. 1 is an annual reminder that we are surrounded by a "cloud of witnesses" that are worshipping the Lord and praying for us, but how, exactly, is someone formally named a saint?From its earliest days, the Catholic Church has celebrated the memory of some of her members…...