Promulgation of Decrees for causes of Saints
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday received in audience the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB. During the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:
* the martyrdom of the Servant of God Valentino Palencia Marquina, diocesan Priest, and four Companions, killed “in odium Fidei” on 15 January 1937 near Suances, Spain
* the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Giovanni Folci, diocesan Priest and Founder of the Opera del Divin Prigionero (the Work of the Divine Prisoner); born 24 February 1890 in Cagno, Italy; died at Valle Colorina, Italy, 31 March 1963;
* the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Francesco Blachnicki, diocesan Priest; born in Rybnik, Poland, 24 March 1921; died at Carlsberg, Germany, 27 February 1987;
* the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Giuseppe Rivera Ramírez, diocesan Priest; born 17 December 1925 in Toledo, Spain; and died there 25 March 1991
* the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Giovanni Emanuele Martín del Campo, diocesan Priest; born in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico, 14 December 1917; died at Jalapa, Mexico, 13 August 1996;
* the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Antonio Filomeno Maria Losito; Priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists); born in Canosa di Puglia, Italy, 16 December 1838; died at Pagani, Italy, 18 July 1917;
* the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Maria Benedetta Giuseppa Frey (née Ersilia Penelope), professed nun of the Cistercian Order; born in Rome 6 March 1836; died at Viterbo, Italy, 10 May 1913;
* the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Anna Chrzanowska, laywoman, Oblate of the Ursulines of Saint Benedict; born in Warsaw, Poland, 7 October 1902; died at Krakow 29 April 1973.