Church in India: Devasahayam’s canonization a “historic moment” vaticannews.va

The official declaration of an 18th century Indian Hindu convert to Catholicism as a saint by the Catholic Church in May next year, is a “historic moment,” according to an official of the Catholic Church in India.

"To many of us who have received the faith from our forebears, Devasahayam's testimony reminds us that the Gospel is a treasure to be discovered and to which devote a lifetime,” said Archbishop Felix Machado of Vasai Diocese, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI). Blessed Lazarus, known as Devasahayam, became “poor for the sake of the poor and had love for the poor, as Pope Francis says,” he told AsiaNews. The canonization “is an encouragement to us to emulate Devasahayam.”…

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