VATICAN CITY - Yesterday, 18 December 2017, Pope Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. In the course of the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:

J.B. Fouque	T. Arnáiz	M.C. Rendiles	T. Illera	S. Wyszyński	A. de Barzana

P. Smolikowski	P. Peyton	M. Manzanedo	L. Andaluz	A. Orsi	M.A. Samà

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUQUE, priest of the archdiocese of Marseille; born on 12 September 1851 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône (France) and died there on 05 December 1926; heroic virtues confirmed on 21 December 2016;

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God TIBURCIO ARNÁIZ MUÑOZ, professed priest of the Society of Jesus and founder of the Missionaries of the Rural Parishes; born on 11 August 1865 in Valladolid (Spain) and died on 18 July 1926 in Granada (Spain); heroic virtues confirmed on 10 October 2016;

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God CARMEN ELENA RENDILES MARTÍNEZ (in religion: MARÍA CARMEN), founder of the Servants of Jesus of Caracas; born on 11 August 1903 in Caracas (Venezuela) and died there on 09 May 1977; heroic virtues confirmed on 05 July 2013;

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God CIRILO ILLERA DEL OLMO (in religion: TEODORO), professed priest of the Congregation of Saint Peter “ad Vincula”, and 15 COMPANIONS from the consecrated persons and laity of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, between 1936 and 1937 in the religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God STEFAN WYSZYŃSKI, cardinal of the Holy Roman Church; archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw; primate of Poland; born on 03 August 1901 in Zuzela, Ostrów Mazowiecka (Poland) and died on 28 May 1981 in Warsaw (Poland);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God ALONSO DE BARZANA, professed priest of the Society of Jesus; born on c. 1530 in Belinchón, Cuenca (Spain) and died on 31 December 1597 in Cusco (Peru);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God PAWEŁ KLEMENS SMOLIKOWSKI, professed priest of the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ; born on 04 February 1849 in Tver (Russia) and died on 11 September 1926 in Kraków (Poland);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God PATRICK PEYTON, professed priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross; born on 09 January 1909 in Carracastle, Mayo (Ireland) and died on 03 June 1992 in San Pedro, California (United States);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MARIANA DE MANZANEDO HERRERA (in religion: MARIANA OF SAINT JOSEPH), founder of the Order of the Augustinian Recollect Nuns; born on 05 August 1568 in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca (Spain) and died on 15 April 1638 in Madrid (Spain);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Luiza Maria Langstroth Figueira de Sousa Vadre Santa Martha Mesquita e Melo [LUIZA ANDALUZ], founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Our Lady of Fatima; born on 12 February 1877 in Marvila, Santarém (Portugal) and died on 20 August 1973 in Lisbon (Portugal);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MARIANNA ORSI (in religion: ANNA OF THE SAVIOR), professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Anne; born on 22 February 1842 in Albareto, Parma (Italy) and died on 07 June 1885 in Palermo (Italy); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MARIA ANTONIA SAMÀ, layperson of the archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace; born on 02 March 1875 in Sant’Andrea Ionio, Catanzaro (Italy) and died there on 27 May 1953.

VATICAN CITY - Yesterday, 08 November 2017, Pope Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. In the course of the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:

J. Brenner	L. Sgorbati	Bernhard II	John Paul I	G. Fioravanti	T. Morales	M. Maoloni	T. Fardella

-  the martyrdom of the Servant of God BRENNER JÁNOS, priest of the diocese of Szombathely; born on 27 December 1931 in Szombathely, Vas (Hungary) and killed in odium fidei on 15 December 1957 in Rábakethely, Szengotthárd, Vas (Hungary);

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God ROSA MARIA SGORBATI (in religion: LEONELLA), professed religious of the Institute of the Consolata Missionary Sisters; born on 09 December 1940 in Rezzanello di Gazzola, Piacenza (Italy) and killed in odium fidei on 17 September 2006 in Mogadishu (Somalia);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God BERNHARD II OF BADEN, layperson of archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau; born towards the end of 1428 and the beginning of 1429 in in Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe (Germany) and died on 15 July 1458 in Moncalieri, Turin (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God JOHN PAUL I [AlBINO LUCIANI], supreme pontiff; born on 17 October 1912 in Forno di Canale (now Canale d’Agordo), Belluno (Italy) and died on 28 September 1978 in Vatican City;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God GREGORIO FIORAVANTI (in religion: luDOVICO), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor and founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; born on 24 April 1822 in Grotte di Castro, Viterbo (Italy) and died on 23 January 1894 in Gemona del Friuli, Udine (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God TOMÁS MORALES PÉREZ, professed priest of the Society of Jesus and founder of the Secular Institute of the Crusaders of Mary; born on 30 October 1908 in Macuto, La Guaira (Venezuela) and died on 01 October 1994 in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (Spain);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God GIOVANNI MAOLONI (in religion: MARCELLINO FROM CAPRADOSSO), professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born on 22 September 1873 in Villa Sambuco di Castel di Lama, Ascoli Piceno (Italy) and died on 26 February 1909 in Fermo, Ascoli Piceno (Italy); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God TERESA FARDELLA DE BLASI, widow and founder of the Institute of the Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin; born on 24 May 1867 in New York City, New York (United States) and died on 26 August 1957 in Trapani (Italy).

VATICAN CITY - Yesterday, 09 October 2017, Pope Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. In the course of the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:

T. Maruzzo	L. Arroyo	D. Tavares de Lima	S. Kaszuba

M. Morera	M.L. Longo	F. Baron	E. Czacka	F.P. Gravina

-  the martyrdom of the Servants of God MARCELLO MARUZZO (in religion: TULLIO), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, born on 23 July 1929 in Lapio di Arcugnano, Vicenza (Italy), and LUIS OBDULIO ARROYO NAVARRO, layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Izabal and member of the Secular Franciscan Order; born on 21 June 1950 in Quiriguá, Los Amates, Izabal (Guatemala); killed in odium fidei on 01 July 1981 in Quiriguá, Los Amates, Izabal (Guatemala);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God DONIZETTI TAVARES DE LIMA, priest of the diocese of São João da Boa Vista; born on 03 January 1882 in Santa Rita de Cássia, Minas Gerais (Brazil) and died on 16 June 1961 in Tambaú, São Paulo (Brazil);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God ALOJZY KAZIMIERZ KASZUBA (in religion: SERAFIN FROM LVIV), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born on 17 June 1910 in Zamarstyniv, Lviv (Ukraine) and died on 20 September 1977 in Lviv (Ukraine);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MAGÍ MORERA FEIXAS, professed priest of the Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family; born on 16 November 1908 in Sant Mateu de Bages, Barcelona (Spain) and died on 28 June 1984 in Barcelona (Spain);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MARIA LORENZA REQUESENS LONGO, widow and founder of the Hospital for Incurables in Naples and the Order of Capuchin Poor Clare Nuns; born on c. 1463 around Lleida (Spain) and died on 21 December 1539 in Naples (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God CAROLINE BARON (in religion: FRANÇOISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT), founder of the Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Spirit; born on 12 December 1820 in Mailhac, Hérault (France) and died on 28 December 1882 in Saint-Chinian, Hérault (France);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God RÓŻA CZACKA (in religion: ELŻBIETA), founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters, Servants of the Cross; born on 22 October 1876 in Bila Tserkva (a.k.a. Biała Cerkiew), Kiev (Ukraine) and died on 15 May 1961 in Laski, Izabelin, Warsaw (Poland); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God FRANCESCO PAOLO GRAVINA, layperson of the archdiocese of Palermo and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Prince of Palagonia; born on 05 February 1800 in Palermo (Italy) and died there on 15 April 1854.

VATICAN CITY - This morning, 07 July 2017, Pope Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. In the course of the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:

H. Chrzanowska	J. Jaramillo	P. Ramírez	I. Perdomo	A. Kosiba	P. Gil	E. Mazza	M.C. Gargani

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Hanna Chrzanowska, layperson of the diocese of Kraków and member of the Oblates of the Order of Saint Benedict; born on 07 October 1902 in Warsaw (Poland) and died on 29 April 1973 in Kraków (Poland); heroic virtues confirmed on 30 September 2015;

-  the martyrdom of the Servant of God Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, priest of the Institute for the Foreign Missions of Yarumal (Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal); bishop of Arauca; born on 16 February 1916 in Santo Domingo, Antioquia (Colombia) and killed in odium fidei on 03 October 1989 near Fortul, Arauca (Colombia);

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, priest of the diocese of Garzón; born on 23 October 1899 in La Plata, Huila (Colombia) and killed in odium fidei on 10 April 1948 in Armero, Tolima (Colombia);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God ISMAEL PERDOMO BORRERO, archbishop of Bogotá; born on 22 February 1872 in El Gigante, Huila (Colombia) and died on 03 June 1950 in Bogotá (Colombia);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Piotr Kosiba (in religion: AlojzY), professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor; born on 29 June 1855 in Libusza, Biecz, Gorlice (Poland) and died on 04 January 1939 in Wieliczka (Poland);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Francisca de Paula Gil Cano (in religion: Paula of Jesus), founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; born on 02 February 1849 in Vera, Almería (Spain) and died on 18 January 1913 in Murcia (Spain);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Elisabetta Mazza, founder of the Institute of the Little Apostles of the Christian School; born on 21 January 1886 in Martinengo, Bergamo (Italy) and died on 29 August 1950 in Bergamo (Italy); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Gargani (in religion: Maria Crocifissa of Divine Love), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart; born on 23 December 1892 in Morra de Sanctis (a.k.a. Morra Irpina), Avellino (Italy) and died on 23 May 1973 in Naples (Italy).

VATICAN CITY - Today, 04 May 2017, Pope Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. In the course of the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:

S. Casey	A. de Batz	C. Fey	C. Rodríguez	L. Botovasoa	E. Dalla Costa

P.X. Van Thuận	G.Meneghini	V. Cusmano	A. Nottegar	E. Carboni	G. Ortiz

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God BERNARD CASEY (in religion: Francis Solanus), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born on 25 November 1870 in Oak Grove, Wisconsin (United States) and died on 31 July 1957 in Detroit, Michigan (United States); heroic virtues confirmed on 11 July 1995;

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God ADÈLE DE BATZ DE TRENQUELLÉON (in religion: MARIE OF THE CONCEPTION), founder of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Marianist Sisters); born on 10 June 1789 in Feugarolles, Lot-et-Garonne (France) and died on 10 January 1828 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne (France); heroic virtues confirmed on 05 June 1986;

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God CLARA FEY, founder of the Institute of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus; born on 11 April 1815 in Aachen (Germany) and died on 08 May 1894 in Simpelveld, Limburg (Netherlands); heroic virtues confirmed on 14 May 1991;

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God SATURNINA RODRÍGUEZ de ZAVALÍA (in religion: CATALINA OF MARY), founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus; born on 27 November 1823 in Córdoba (Argentina) and died on 05 April 1896 in Córdoba (Argentina); heroic virtues confirmed on 18 December 1997;

-  the martyrdom of the Servant of God LUCIEN BOTOVASOA,  layperson of the diocese of Farafangana; married; member of the Secular Franciscan Order; born on 1908 in Vohipeno (Madagascar) and killed there in odium fidei on 14 April 1947;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God ELIA DALLA COSTA, cardinal of the Holy Roman Church; archbishop of Florence; born on 14 May 1872 in Villaverla, Vicenza (Italy) and died on 22 December 1961 in Florence (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Phanxicô Xaviê NguyỄn Văn ThuẬn, cardinal of the Holy Roman Church; born on 17 April 1928 in Phủ Cam, Huế, Thừa Thiên (Vietnam) and died on 16 September 2002 in Rome (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Giovanna Meneghini, founder of the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Sacred Heart of Mary; born on 23 May 1868 in Bolzano Vicentino, Vicenza (Italy) and died on 02 March 1918 in Breganze, Vicenza (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God VincenzINa Cusmano, professed religious of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Poor; first superior general; born on 06 January 1826 in Palermo (Italy) and died there on 02 February 1894;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Alessandro Nottegar, layperson of the diocese of Verona; married; founder of the Queen of Peace Community; born on 30 October 1943 in Verona (Italy) and died there on 19 September 1986;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God EDVIGE CARBONI, layperson of the diocese of Rome; born on 02 May 1880 in Pozzomaggiore, Sassari (Italy) and died on 17 February 1952 in Rome (Italy); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God GUADALUPE ORTIZ DE LANDÁZURI FERNÁNDEZ DE HEREDIA, layperson of the personal prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; born on 12 December 1916 in Madrid (Spain) and died on 16 July 1975 in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain).

VATICAN CITY - Today, 27 February 2017, Pope Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. In the course of the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:

T. Zeman	O.Ortiz	A. Provolo	A. Repiso	M. Cabezas	L. Ripamonti	P. Herrero	V. Trancanelli

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God TITUS ZEMAN, professed priest of the Salesian Society of Don Bosco; born on 04 January 1915 in Vajnory, Bratislavský (Slovakia) and died ex aerumnis carceris on 08 January 1969 in Bratislava (Slovakia);

-  the heroic virtues of the Servant of God OCTAVIO ORTIZ ARRIETA, professed priest of the Salesian Society of Don Bosco and bishop of Chachapoyas; born on 19 April 1879 in Lima (Peru) and died on 01 March 1958 in Chachapoyas, Amazonas (Peru);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God ANTONIO PROVOLO, priest of the diocese of Verona; founder of the Society of Mary for the Education of the Deaf-Mute and the Congregation of Mary for the Education of the Deaf-Mute; born on 17 February 1801 in Verona (Italy) and died there on 04 November 1842;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God ANTONIO REPISO MARTÍNEZ DE ORBE, professed priest of the Society of Jesus; founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd; born on 08 February 1856 in Venta de Córdoba, Estado de México (Mexico) and died on 27 July 1929 in Mexico City (Mexico);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MARÍA MERCEDES CABEZAS TERRERA, founder of the Religious Institute of the Missionary Workers of the Sacred Heart; born on 19 December 1911 in San Cristobal de la Cuesta, Salamanca (Spain) and died on 30 September 1993 in Santander, Cantabria (Spain);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MARIA RIPAMONTI (in religion: LUCIA OF THE IMMACULATA), professed religious of the Institute of the Handmaids of Charity of Brescia; born on 26 May 1909 in Acquate, Lecco (Italy) and died on 04 July 1954 in Ronco, Brescia (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God PEDRO HERRERO RUBIO, layperson of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante; married; born on 29 April 1904 in Alicante (Spain) and died there on 05 November 1978; and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God VITTORIO TRANCANELLI, layperson of the diocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve; married; born on 26 April 1944 in Spello, Perugia (Italy) and died on 24 June 1998 in Cenerente, Perugia (Italy).

VATICAN CITY - Yesterday, 20 January 2017, Pope Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, sdb, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. In the course of the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees regarding:

A. Migliavacca	R. Jardón	J. Sáez	I. Beschin	J. Vandor	F. Convertini	S. De Pascali	J. Tyranowski

-  a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Giuseppe ANTONIO Migliavacca (in religion: Arsenio FROM Trigolo), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary, Most Holy Consolatrix; born on 13 June 1849 in Trigolo, Cremona (Italy) and died on 10 December 1909 in Bergamo (Italy); heroic virtues confirmed on 21 January 2016;

-  the heroic virtues of the Servant of God RAYMUNDO JARDÓN HERRERA, priest of the archdiocese of Monterrey; born on 21 January 1887 in Tenancingo, Estado de México (Mexico) and died on 06 January 1934, Monterrey, Nuevo León (Mexico);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God JUAN SÁEZ HURTADO, priest of the diocese of Cartagena (Spain); born on 18 December 1897 in Alcantarilla, Murcia (Spain) and died on 08 August 1982 in El Palmar, Murcia (Spain);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God GIUSEPPE BESCHIN (in religion: IGNAZIO), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor; born on 26 August 1880 in San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona (Italy) and died on 29 October 1952 in Chiampo, Vicenza (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God JOSÉ VANDOR PUCHNER [WECH JÓZSEF], professed priest of the Salesian Society of Don Bosco; born on 29 October 1909 in Dorog, Komárom-Esztergom (Hungary) and died on 08 October 1979 in Santa Clara, Villa Clara (Cuba);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God FRANCESCO CONVERTINI, professed priest of the Salesian Society of Don Bosco; born on 29 August 1898 in Marunelli, Brindisi (Italy) and died on 11 February 1976 in Krishnagar, West Bengal (India);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Addolorata De Pascali (in religion: SantINa Maria Addolorata), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters Disciples of the Sacred Heart; born on 10 June 1897 in Acquarica, Lecce (Italy) and died on 19 May 1981 in Lecce (Italy); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God JAN LEOPOLD TYRANOWSKI, layperson of the archdiocese of Kraków; born on 09 February 1901 in Kraków (Poland) and died there on 15 March 1947.