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Blessed Isidore Bakanja (left) and Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta,(right) the two Congolese Blesseds awaiting canonization

The Two “Blesseds” Congolese Community in Rome Want Pope Francis to Canonize

Dec 6, 2019

On Sunday, December 1, at the three-in-one event marking 25 years since the inauguration of the Congolese Catholic Chaplaincy in Rome, 25th anniversary of the beatification of Catechist and martyr Isidore Bakanja, and the feast of Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta, citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) residing in the Italian capital pleaded with Pope Francis, who had joined them for a special Mass, to have Blessed Anuarite and Blessed Bakanja canonized.