FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis waves as he leaves after holding the weekly general audience at the San Damaso courtyard, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Vatican June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday put 20th century statesman Robert Schuman, one of the founders of modern Europe, on the path to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
A Vatican statement said the pope approved a decree recognising the "heroic virtues" of Schuman, who died in 1963. The recognition is one of the earliest stages of the long process that can lead to canonisation.
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