Pope Francis Authorizes 2 Miracles of 2 Nuns of France and Italy and Brings 6 People Closer to Becoming Saints
During the audience granted to His Eminence Most Reverend Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same Congregation to promulgate the decrees concerning:
- the miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Maria Rivier, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary; born on December 19, 1768 in Montpezat-sous-Bauzon (France) and died in Bourg-Saint-Andéol (France) on February 3, 1838;
- the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Maria Carola Cecchin (born Fiorina), a professed religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph Benedetto Cottolengo; born on 3 April 1877 in Cittadella (Italy) and died on the steamer while returning from Kenya to Italy on 13 November 1925;
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Andrea Garrido Perales, professed priest of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy; born on 29 November 1663 in Vallada (Spain) and died on 23 February 1728 in Xátiva (Spain);
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Carlo Maria da Abbiategrasso (in the world: Gaetano Antonio Vigevano), professed priest of the Order of the Capuchin Friars Minor; born on 30 August 1825 in Abbiategrasso (Italy) and died on 21 February 1859 in Casalpusterlengo (Italy);
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Bernardo Sartori, professed priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; born on 20 May 1897 in Falzé di Trevignano (Italy) and died on 3 April 1983 in Ombaci (Uganda);
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Mary Margaret of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (in the world: Ludovica Banaś), a professed religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth; born on 10 April 1896 in Klecza Dolna (Poland) and died on 26 April 1966 in Nowogródek (now Belarus).
FULL TEXT Press Release: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/12/13/0844/01775.html