One million watch as Pope names saints

A MASSIVE crowd gathered around Pope John Paul II in the shape of a cross yesterday, as he proclaimed five new saints and urged Spaniards to emulate them.

A congregation estimated at one million people spread out along four boulevards intersecting at Plaza de Colon, where a huge altar was erected for the canonisation Mass.

The ceremony honoured two priests and three nuns, 20th century Spaniards noted for their work with the poor. Giant pictures of the five hung from an office building overlooking the plaza.