In photo above, Pope Francis presides over Mass for the canonization of 14 new saints on World Mission Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs.
"Those who dominate do not win, only those who serve out of love," he said Oct. 20.
"When we learn to serve, our every gesture of attention and care, every expression of tenderness, every work of mercy becomes a reflection of God's love," he said. "And so, we continue Jesus' work in the world."
The pope said the new saints lived Jesus' way of service. "The faith and the apostolate they carried out did not feed their worldly desires and hunger for power but, on the contrary, they made themselves servants of their brothers and sisters, creative in doing the good, steadfast in difficulties and generous to the end."
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