Pope Francis Brings 21 People Closer to Sainthood Including Granting France's Nuns Equipollent Canonization

Pope Francis held an audience on Wednesday, Dec. 18, with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, and authorized him to promulate decrees related to the causes of 21 men and women.
During the Audience granted to His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff approved the favorable votes of the Ordinary Session of Cardinals and Bishops, Members of the Dicastery, and decided to extend to the universal Church the cult of Blessed Teresa of Saint Augustine (born Maria Maddalena Claudia Lidoine) and 15 companions of the Order of Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Compiègne, martyrs, killed in odium Fidei on July 17, 1794, in Paris (France), inscribing them in the catalog of Saints (Equivalent Canonization).
During the same Audience, the Holy Father also authorized the Dicastery to promulgate the Decrees regarding:-The Pope officially recognized the martyrdom of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, SJ, a German-born Jesuit who served as the Apostolic Administrator of Estonia from 1931 until his death in 1942, clearing the way for his beatification. Bishop Philippe Jourdan, bishop of Tallinn, welcomed Pope Francis’ approval of Archbishop Profittlich’s beatification, noting that the event comes as the local Church celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Apostolic Administration of Estonia in 1924.
He was born on 11 September 1890 in Birresdorf (Germany) and died on 22 February 1942 ex aerumnis carceris in Kirov (Russia);
- the martyrdom of the Servant of God Elia Comini, professed priest of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, born in Calvenzano di Vergato (Italy) on 7 May 1910 and killed in odium fidei, on 1 October 1944 in Pioppe di Salvaro (Italy);
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Áron Márton, Bishop of Alba Iulia, born on 28 August 1896 in Csíkszentdomokos (now Romania) and died on 29 September 1980 in Alba Iulia (Romania);
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Giuseppe Maria Leone, professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, born on 23 May 1829 in Casaltrinità (now Trinitapoli, Italy) and died in Angri (Italy) on 9 August 1902;
- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Pietro Goursat, Lay Faithful, born on 15 August 1914 in Paris (France) and died there on 25 March 1991.

Sources: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/12/18/1018/02050.html