“We have a new patron saint,” he said, his voice carrying across the small congregation of shopkeepers, teachers, and daily wage workers. “Pope Leo has declared Saint Devasahayam the patron saint of all lay people in India.”
Pope Leo, through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, has officially declared Saint Lazarus Devasahayam as the Patron of the Laity in India.
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay and one of the topmost consultors of Pope Francis urges everyone to become holy like Devasahayam, the new Indian saint.
The Latin Catholic Church in India will hold a one-hour national thanksgiving prayer service on Friday, June 24, on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and one of the topmost consultors of Pope Francis appealed to everyone to become courageous like the newly-canonized St Devasahayam.
