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A saint-making record is also a diplomatic headache for Pope Francis Franco Origlia / Getty Images Contributor Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he leaves at the end of the Holy Mass and Canonization Ceremony at St. Peter's Square. Sunday. By Claudio Lavanga, Correspondent, NBC News ROME -- Pope Francis canonized more than 800 Catholics in Saint Peter’s Square Sunday – the largest number to be elevated to sainthood at once in the history of the Catholic Church. The choice of some of the new saints was also striking, touching on the already-fragile relationship between Christianity and Islam. The new saints included hundreds of laymen from the southern Italian port town of Otranto who were slain in the 15th century by the invading Ottoman Turkish army after they refused to convert to Islam. In 1480, after conquering Constantinople – modern day Istanbul - the Ottoman Sultan Mohammed II planned to invade Rome, and Otranto became his army’s port of entrance into Ital

A saint-making record is also a diplomatic headache for Pope Francis Franco Origlia / Getty Images Contributor Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he leaves at the end of the Holy Mass and Canonization Ceremony at St. Peter's Square. Sunday. By Claudio Lavanga, Correspondent, NBC News ROME -- Pope Francis canonized more than 800 Catholics in Saint Peter’s Square Sunday – the largest number to be elevated to sainthood at once in the history of the Catholic Church. The choice of some of the new saints was also striking, touching on the already-fragile relationship between Christianity and Islam. The new saints included hundreds of laymen from the southern Italian port town of Otranto who were slain in the 15th century by the invading Ottoman Turkish army after they refused to convert to Islam. In 1480, after conquering Constantinople – modern day Istanbul - the Ottoman Sultan Mohammed II planned to invade Rome, and Otranto became his army’s port of entrance into Italy

Ahimsa - nonviolence Amita, Amitabha - Buddha associated with Ching-tu (the Pure Land) Anatta, Anatman - Buddhist doctrine of No-self Atman - Ultimate or True self, believed in Hinduism to be identical to Brahman Bodhi - Enlightenment Bodhicitta - "Mind of enlightenment"; altruistic attitude to achieve enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings Bodhisattva - Enlightened being who remains in the world to help others Buddha - An enlightened being; "one who woke up" Ching-tu - School of Chinese Buddhism that emphasizes devotion to Amitabha Buddha as a means to rebirth in the Pure Land Citta - mind or mental state Conventional/Provisional vs. Ultimate/Instrinsic (Being, Existence, Truth, etc.) - Distinction, associated with the Madhyamika school, between two levels/types of being, truth, etc. Dependent Origination (Pratitya samutpada) - Buddhist teaching, associated with the Madhyamika school, of the interconnectedness of all t