Pope canonises seven new saints, including Argentina's 'gaucho priest' - Independent Catholic News

Pope canonises seven new saints, including Argentina's 'gaucho priest' - Independent Catholic News: Pope Francis on Sunday canonized seven new Saints including Argentina's 'gaucho priest' Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero. Many flag-waving Argentinians made the journey to Rome for the occasion, among them Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his family. Fr Brochero, who lived from 1840 to 1914, is a popular figure in Argentina known for his work with the sick and dying during the cholera epidemic in Cordoba in 1867. After that, he spent years travelling from village to village by mule, ministering to the people, building churches, chapels and schools,