Pope rallies from knee pain to proclaim 10 saints

The tapestries depicting the 10 new saints hang over a packed St Peter’s Square (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Pope Francis created 10 new saints on Sunday, rallying from knee pain that has forced him to use a wheelchair to preside over the first canonisation ceremony at the Vatican in more than two years.

Francis stood for a long period at the start of the ceremony to greet priests concelebrating the Mass, and hobbled on to the altar to proclaim the six men and four women saints.