The portraits of new saintsPope Benedict XVI ( R ) arrives for an open - air canonization ceremony in St . Peter square at the Vatican , 12 October 2008 . Benedict gave the Roman Catholic church four new saints , including , Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception ( first portrait on L ) , an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India . The other new saints are : Gaetano Errico ( 2 nd L ) , a Neapolitan priest who founded a missionary order in the 19 th century ; Sister Maria Bernarda ( 2 nd R ) , who was named Verena Buetler when she was born in Switzerland in 1848 and who worked as a nun in Ecuador and Colombia , and Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran ( first portrait of R ) , a 19 th century laywoman from Ecuador who helped the sick and the poor . EPA / MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI < 긴급 속보 SMS 신청 > < 포토 매거진 > < 스포츠 뉴스 는 M - SPORTS >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >