Editing Pope Benedict XVI (section)

==== Canonizations ====
[[File:BentoXVI-43-11052007.jpg|thumb|Benedict at the canonization of the Brazilian friar [[Frei Galvão]], 2007]]
{{see also|List of saints canonized by Pope Benedict XVI|date=May 2024}}
During his pontificate, Benedict{{nbsp}}XVI [[Canonization|canonized]] 45 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Do You Become a Saint? What to Know About Canonization |date=27 April 2014 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-saints/how-do-you-become-saint-what-know-about-canonization-n89846 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> He celebrated his first canonizations on 23 October 2005 in St. Peter's Square with the [[canonized|Canonizations]] of [[Josef Bilczewski]], [[Alberto Hurtado]], [[Zygmunt Gorazdowski]], [[Gaetano Catanoso]], and [[Felice da Nicosia]]. The canonizations were part of a mass that marked the conclusion of the [[General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops]] and the [[Year of the Eucharist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20051023_canonizations_en.html |title=Canonization of the Blesseds |publisher=Vatican.va |date=23 October 2005 |access-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018164211/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20051023_canonizations_en.html |archive-date=18 October 2011}}</ref> Benedict canonized Bishop [[Rafael Guízar y Valencia]], [[Théodore Guérin]], [[Filippo Smaldone]], and [[Rosa Venerini]] on 15 October 2006.

During his visit to Brazil in 2007, Benedict presided over the canonization of [[Frei Galvão]] on 11 May, while [[George Preca]], founder of the Malta-based [[{{text|MUSEUM}}]], [[Szymon of Lipnica]], [[Charles of Mount Argus]], and [[Marie-Eugénie de Jésus]] were canonized in a ceremony held at the [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican]] on 3 June 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=76178 |title=Pope Schedules Five Canonizations for May–June |publisher=EWTN |date=23 February 2007 |access-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206083133/http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=76178 |archive-date=6 December 2010}}</ref> Preca is the first Maltese saint since the country's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 60 when St. Paul converted the inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=4346 |title=Malta to get its first saint |publisher=CathNews |date=2 March 2007 |access-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120103442/http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=4346 |archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref> In October 2008, the following canonizations took place: [[Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception]] of India,<ref>[http://en.radiovaticana.va/storico/2008/03/01/pope_announces_canonisation_of_indias_first_native_woman_saint/en1-190137 "Pope Announces Canonisation of India's First Native Woman Saint"]. [[Vatican Radio]]. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2013.</ref> [[Gaetano Errico]], [[Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran]], and [[Maria Bernarda Bütler]]. In April 2009, the Pope canonized [[Arcangelo Tadini]], [[Bernardo Tolomei]], [[Nuno Álvares Pereira]], [[Geltrude Comensoli]], and [[Caterina Volpicelli]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20090426_canonizzazioni.html|title=26 April 2009: Holy Mass for the Canonization of Arcangelo Tadini, Bernardo Tolomei, Nuno de Santa Maria Alvares Pereira, Gertrude Comensoli and Caterina Volpicelli &#124; Benedict XVI|website=vatican.va}}</ref> In October of the same year he canonized [[Jeanne Jugan]], [[Damien de Veuster]], [[Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński]], [[Francisco Coll Guitart]], and [[Rafael Arnáiz Barón]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expatica.com/es/news/spanish-news/Pope-canonises-_lepers_-apostle_-and-four-others-_57173.html|title=Pope canonises 'lepers' apostle' and four others|access-date=26 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925185810/http://www.expatica.com/es/news/spanish-news/Pope-canonises-_lepers_-apostle_-and-four-others-_57173.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20091011_canonizzazioni.html|title=11 October 2009: Canonization of five new Saints: Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Francisco Coll y Guitart, Josef Daamian de Veuster, Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Marie de la Croix (Jeanne) Jugan &#124; Benedict XVI|website=vatican.va}}</ref>

On 17 October 2010, Benedict canonized [[André Bessette]], a French-Canadian; [[Stanisław Sołtys]], a 15th-century Polish priest; Italian nuns [[Giulia Salzano]] and [[Camilla Battista da Varano]]; Spanish nun [[Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola]]; and the first Australian saint, [[Mary MacKillop]].<ref>Winfield, Nicole [http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/17/pope-creates-first-australian-saint-5-others/ "Pope Creates First Australian Saint, 5 Others"] [[AOL]] News 17 October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011 [https://web.archive.org/web/20101228141825/http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/17/pope-creates-first-australian-saint-5-others/ WebCitation archive]</ref> On 23 October 2011, he canonized three saints: a Spanish nun [[Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro]], Italian archbishop [[Guido Maria Conforti]], and Italian priest [[Luigi Guanella]].<ref>Kerr, David [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/23611/pope-benedict-canonizes-three-new-saints "Pope Benedict canonizes three new saints"]</ref> In December 2011, the Pope formally recognized the validity of the miracles necessary to proceed with the canonizations of [[Kateri Tekakwitha]], who would be the first Native American saint; Marianne Cope, a nun working with [[lepers]] in what is now the state of Hawaii; [[Giovanni Battista Piamarta]], an Italian priest; [[Jacques Berthieu]], a French Jesuit priest and African [[martyr]]; [[Carmen Salles y Barangueras]], a Spanish nun and founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; [[Peter Calungsod]], a lay [[catechist]] and martyr from the Philippines; and [[Anna Schäffer]], whose desire to be a missionary was unfulfilled on account of her illness.<ref>Glatz, Carol [http://www.the-tidings.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1903:pope-advances-sainthood-causes-of-kateri-tekakwitha-others&catid=114:national&Itemid=403 "Pope advances sainthood causes of Kateri Tekakwitha, others"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630082301/http://www.the-tidings.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1903%3Apope-advances-sainthood-causes-of-kateri-tekakwitha-others&catid=114%3Anational&Itemid=403 |date=30 June 2013}} The Tidings Online 23 December 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012</ref> They were canonized on 21 October 2012.<ref>Donadio, Rachel [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/nyregion/pope-canonizes-kateri-tekewitha-and-marianne-cope.html "Pope Canonizes 7 Saints, Including 2 Women With New York Ties"] ''The New York Times'', 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012</ref>