Polish presidential couple attends the canonization Mass of Polish saint in Vatican

On Sunday, Pope Francis proclaimed two new saints: Fr. Stanisław Papczyński, a Polish founder of the first men’s religious order dedicated to the immaculate conception, and Maria Elizabeth Hasselblad, a Lutheran convert who hid Jews during the Second World War. Pope Francis called Swedish-born Elizabeth Hesselblad and Stanisław Papczyński “exemplary witnesses to this mystery of resurrection” during the canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican. Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda participated in the canonization celebrations in Vatican. The Swedish delegation was headed by the country’s Culture Minister, Alice Bah Kuhnke.