New Cases for Sainthood opened by Pope Francis

(Vatican Radio) On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, Pope Francis received the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Card. Angelo D’Amato, SDB, and authorized the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees:

- A miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Ludovico of Casoria (nee Archangelo Palmentieri), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor and founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of St Elizabeth – the “Gray Sisters”; Born in Casoria (Italy) on March 11, 1814 and died in Naples (Italy) March 30, 1885.

- A miracle attributed to the intercession of the Blessed Amato Ronconi, of the Third Order of St. Francis, the founder of the Poor Pilgrims Hospice of the city of Saludecio now called the Blessed Amato Ronconi Rest Home/Charitable Work; born in Saludecio (Italy) in or around the year 1226 and died in Rimini (Italy) in or around 1292;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Alano de Guynot Boismenu, of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis, former Apostolic Vicar of Papua; born in Saint -Malo (France) December 27, 1870 and died in Kubuna (Republic of the Fiji Islands, Oceania) November 5, 1953;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God William Janauschek, professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer; born in Vienna (Austria) October 19, 1859 and died there June 30, 1926.


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