Joining in a tradition sometimes seen in Saint Peter's Square, the Congolese faithful sent a message to Pope Francis about two of Africa's most beloved Blesseds still in the queue for canonisation as saints of the Church. , in the centre of Kinshasa, was filled to capacity on Thursday, 2 February, for Pope Francis' meeting with young people and Catechists.
Martyred in 1964 in the northeast of the DRC for having preserved her purity until death, Blessed Anuarite was a religious of the Sisters of the Holy Family, Bafwabaka. Anuarite is a model of fidelity in following Christ as a consecrated person. Her feast is celebrated on 1 December. Pope Francis cited Bakanja as a model of faith for young people in his apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit. Bakanja was known as a young Catechist who spent his free time teaching his neighbours and friends the rosary and other prayers. Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, President of the Congolese Episcopal Commission for the Laity, recalled the virtues of Bakanja in his introductory remarks before Pope Francis.
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