(11 May 2007) SHOTLIST
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1. Wide of crowd at Canonisation ceremony
2. Mid shot of Pope Benedict XVI praying
3. Wide of bishops
4. Wide of Pope Benedict XVI and bishops on altar
5. Wide of crowd
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pope Benedict XVI: (partly covered with pictures of crowd applauding)
"In honour of the Holy Trinity, for the exultation of the Catholic faith and the growth of Christian life, by the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the apostle saints Peter and Paul and after having reflected for a long time, and invoked the Divine help many times, and having heard the opinions of many of our brothers from the episcopate, we declare and define as Saint the Devout Antonio de Sant'Anna de Galvao. We inscribe him in the list of Saints and we establish that in all of the Church he is devoutly honoured among the saints. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."
7. Crucifix by a picture of Franciscan monk Antonio de Galvao
8. Pan of nun and Sandra Grossi de Almeida, a woman certified by the Vatican as a divinely inspired miracle, her son Enzo, and Franciscan monks holding relics linked to the new saint's life
9. Wide of crowd cheering and singing
9. Wide of offerings and flowers being placed on the altar
10. Wide of crowd
11. Mid shot of Pope Benedict XVI with Sandra Grossi de Almeida and son Enzo
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12. Tilt down from poster of Friar Galvao, canonised by Pope Benedict XVI, to entrance of the Monastery of Light
13. Mid shot of Friar Galvao poster
14. Wide of people standing in line to ask Friar Galvao for wishes
15. Mid of people at entrance
16. Mid shot of people inside monastery where they make wishes to Friar Galvao
17. Wide of monastery
18. Medium of flyers reading "I thank Friar Galvao for the Grace he has achieved"
19. Wide of Monastery of Light
STORYLINE:
Pope Benedict XVI canonised an 18th-century Franciscan monk as Brazil's first native-born saint on Friday as hundreds of thousands cheered and waved flags from all corners of South America.
Surrounded by Latin American bishops and choirs of hundreds, Benedict sat on a throne of Brazilian hardwood as he pronounced the sainthood of Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvao, an 18th-century Franciscan monk who is credited by the church with 5-thousand miracle cures.
The canonisation makes Galvao the first native-born saint from the world's largest Roman Catholic country, home to more than 120 (m) million of the planet's 1.1(b) billion Catholics.
Friar Galvao, who died in 1822, began a tradition among Brazilian Catholics of handing out tiny rice-paper pills, inscribed with a Latin prayer, to people seeking cures for everything from cancer to kidney stones.
Although doctors and even some Catholic clergy dismiss the pills as placebos or superstitious fakery, cloistered nuns still toil in the Sao Paulo monastery where Galvao is buried, preparing thousands of the Tic Tac-sized pills for free daily distribution.
Each one carries these words: "After birth, the Virgin remained intact. Mother of God, intercede on our behalf."
After canonising Friar Galvao, the pope hugged Sandra Grossi de Almeida, 37, and her son Enzo, 7.
She is one of two Brazilian women certified by the Vatican as divinely inspired miracles justifying the sainthood.
She had a uterine malformation that should have made it impossible for her to carry a child for more than four months, but after taking the pills, she gave birth to Enzo.
Grossi explained in a recent interview with The Associated Press that she I believed in God, and the proof was right there.
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