The Pope has named two Palestinian nuns as saints during a Sunday ceremony in St Peter’s Square.<br /><br /> The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was among more than 2,000 pilgrims from the territories who attended.<br /><br /> The canonisation comes just four days after the Vatican formalised its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine.<br /><br /> It highlighted Pope Francis’ long running drive to help the embattled Christian community in the Middle East<br /><br /> Sister Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas was the founder of the Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, and Maryam Baouardy founded a Carmelite convent in Bethlehem.<br /><br /> Both entered religious orders as teenagers in the 19th century and are seen as an example for Muslims, Christians and Jews, according to Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal<br /><br /> The pair were joined by two other newly sanctified nuns – the French Jeanne-Emilie de Villeneuve and Italian Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando.<br /><br /> Speaking of Sister Baouardy the Pope said:
