on sunday she and sister maria born in gala lee in 1846 and founded convents across india will be the first palestinian saints in modern time. a canonization ceremony will sign the treaty with palestine. it extended more than two years ago. they travelled to brazil for procedures. the lives of the nuns and the legacy are inspiring. >> they are incredible, like the faithful. what they did. a sentiment shared by many here. a decision by pope francis to bestow sainthood to the two nuns is seen as an attempt by the vatican to give hope after years of war and as part of attempts to refocus tanks on their flights. this sister runs one of the convents and shows where remains are kept. also palestinian, she'll attend the canonization ceremony in vatican city and tells me all palestinians should find comfort in their same time hood. >> the palestinian people are frustrated on all fronts. socially economically religiously, internationally. no matter where you turn people are frustrated. they need someone to lift them up. >> pope francis is seen as sympathetic to the palestinian cause. on his fi

on sunday she along with sister maria, who was born in 1846, and founded convents across india will becomest palestinian saints in modern times. the cannon ionization ceremony following an announcement by the cat can that itthevatican saying it would sign its first treaty to pal stain. she traveled from brazil to take part in prayers in honor of the nuns. she says their lives and legacies are inspiring. >> they are incredible. lying the faithful what they did. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by many here. the decision by pope francis to bestow saints hood to the two nuns is seen as an attempt to give vote to middle east christians after years of war and as part of the attempts to refocus attention on their plights. sister hor tense now runs the convent and shows me where her remains are kept. she is also palestinian and will attends the cannon canonization ceremony and tells me all palestinians should find comfort in the nuns. >> translator: the palestinian people are frustrated on all front, socially, economically, intellectually religiously nationalistically. no matter where you turn peo

maria can at test the state has the upper hand rory in minsk. >> reporter: buddhists are celebrating the birth of lord buddha. in nepal known to be the place where lord buda was bornad prayers for the victims of the earthquake hundreds of people gathered at one of the world's oldest buddhist relics near kathmandu which is still standing after the devastating earthquake. and don't forget you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sport on our website, al jazeera.com. night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez, you would a guessed that a lot of american schoolkids live in poverty, we have known for a long time that poverty has a lot to say about where you go to school and who is at the desk next to yours. this of the last few days a striking number emerged from the nation's classrooms, a survey from the southern education foundation reports that a majority of american public schoolchildren life in poverty. 51% of students attending public school were from low income

. >> maria some people will see you and say "listen, you weren't born here why do you want to serve are you weren't born?" but the fact is you got here when you were six and you don't really know any other country. >> i proclaim this country my country because this is the only country i know. i don't know anything about mexico. sure i know the culture and everything but i don't know all of it. >> maria, what is it that your dream would take you? when you're home thinking gosh, if i could only do this, this is what i would do. what are you going to be doing in five or ten years when we talk? >> well, right now i'm in the csi nursing program, well, pre-requisite, and i'm going to continue my dream for being a nurse and if a possibility of ever joining the military happens i will join right on the spot. and i'm going to try to become a military nurse. >> maria vazquez thank you for being with me i so appreciate your time. >> you're welcome. thank you for having me. >> thank you. >>> i want to take you back to gilbert, arizona, the scene of a transformer fire i was showing you a little bi