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Five Degrees PROMULGATED

VATICAN CITY - Today, 27 April, Pope Leo XIV received His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. During the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Dicastery to promulgate decrees regarding:

E. Ortega	M. Berenguer	P.M. Salado	M.E. Tramazzoli	M.T. IJsseldijk	M.R. De Giovanna

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God Lorenzo Ortega García (in religion: Estanislao) and 48 COMPANIONS, professed religious from the Institute of the Brothers of Christian Instruction of Saint Gabriel, along with Manuel Berenguer Clusellas, priest of the archdiocese of Barcelona; killed in odium fidei  between July and November 1936 in various places in Catalonia (Spain) in the religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War;

- the offer of life of the Servant of God Pedro Manuel Salado de Alba, layperson of the diocese of Córdoba, professed member of the Association “Hogar de Nazaret”; born on 1 January 1968 in Chiclana de la Frontera (Spain) and died on 5 February 2012 at Playa de Tonsupa, near Atacames, Esmeraldas (Ecuador);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Caterina Tramazzoli (in religion: Maria Eletta of Jesus), professed nun of the Order of Discalced Carmelites; born on 28 January 1605 in Terni (Italy) and died on 11 January 1663 in Prague (Czechia);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God THERESIA Ijsseldijk (in religion: Maria THERESIA of the Most Holy Trinity), professed religious of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, born on 13 November 1897 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland (Netherlands) and died on 10 March 1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri (United States of America); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria De Giovanna (in religion: Maria Raffaella), founder of the Congregation of the Minim Sisters of Saint Francis di Paola; born on 30 July 1870 in Genoa (Italy) and died there on 11 March 1933.

Posted by:

Charles G. Braganza 

Date:

27/04/2026

SIX Degrees PROMULGATED

VATICAN CITY - Today, 23 March, Pope Leo XIV received His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. During the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Dicastery to promulgate decrees regarding:

L. Altieri	E.J. Flanagan	H. Caffarel	S. Samulowska	M.B. Romero	G. Castagnetti

- the offer of life of the Servant of God LUDOVICO ALTIERI, bishop of Albano; cardinal of the Holy Roman Church; born in Rome (Italy) on 17 July 1805, and died in Albano Laziale, Rome (Italy) on 11 August 1867;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Edward Joseph Flanagan, priest of the archdiocese of Omaha; founder of «Boys Town», born on 13 July 1886 in Ballymoe, Galway (Ireland), and died on 15 May 1948 in Berlin (Germany);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Henri Caffarel, priest of the archdiocese of Paris; founder of the Association «Teams of Our Lady» and the Secular Institute of the Fraternity of Our Lady of the Resurrection; born on 30 July 1903 in Lyon, Rhône (France), and died on 18 September 1996 in Beauvais, Oise (France);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Barbara Samulowska (in religion: Stanisława), vowed member of the Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; born on 30 January 1865 in Woryty, Gietrzwałd, Olsztyn (Poland), and died on 6 December 1950 in Guatemala City (Guatemala);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God MARÍA DOLORES ROMERO ALGARÍN (in religion: María del Belén of the Heart of Jesus), professed religious of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Divine Heart (Spinola Sisters); born on 7 October 1916 in Sevilla (Spain), and died on 12 November 1977 in Sanlúcar la Mayor, Sevilla (Spain); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Giuseppe Castagnetti, layperson of the diocese of Modena-Nonantola; married; born on 15 March 1909 in Montebaranzone, Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena (Italy), and died there on 22 June 1965.

Posted by:

Charles G. Braganza 

Date:

23/03/2026

FIVE Degrees PROMULGATED

VATICAN CITY - Today, 21 February, Pope Leo XIV received His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. During the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Dicastery to promulgate decrees regarding:

G.M. Nicolas	B. Abū-Mrād	F. Lombardi	T. Koodalloor	F. Gei

- the heroic virtues and the confirmation of cultus since time immemorial of the Servant of God Gilbert Nicolas (in religion: Gabriel-Maria), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor and founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Annonciades); born c. 1462 near Riom, Puy-de-Dôme (France) and died on 27 August 1532 in Rodez, Aveyron (France);

- the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God SÉLIM ABŪ MRĀD (in religion: BSHĀRAH), professed priest of the Order of the Basilian Salvatorians of the Melkites; born on 19 May 1853 in Zahleh, Al Biqā‘ (Lebanon) and died on 22 February 1930 in Saïda, Al Janūb (Lebanon); heroic virtues confirmed on 10 December 2010;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Francesco Lombardi, priest of the diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo, born on 24 February 1851 in Terzorio, Imperia (Italy), and died on 12 February 1922 in Bussana, Imperia (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Michael Koodalloor (in religion: Theophane), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born on 20 July 1913 in Kottappuram, Thrissur (India), and died on 4 April 1968 in Ponnurunni, Kochi, Ernakulam (India); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Fausto Gei, layperson of the diocese of Brescia and member of the Association of the Silent Workers of the Cross; born on 24 March 1927 in Brescia (Italy), and died there on 28 March 1968.

Posted by:

Charles G. Braganza 

Date:

21/02/2026

Six Degrees PROMULGATED

VATICAN CITY - Today, 22 January, Pope Leo XIV received His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. During the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Dicastery to promulgate decrees regarding:

M.I. Isacchi	A.R. Ramírez	T. Relucenti	C. Militerni	M.I. Villela	N. Cobianchi

- the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God ANGELA CATERINA [ANCILLA] ISACCHI (in religion: MARIA IGNAZIA), founder of the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Asola; born on 8 May 1857 in Stezzano, Bergamo (Italy), and died on 19 August 1934 in Seriate, Bergamo (Italy); heroic virtues confirmed on 17 December 2022;

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God augusto Rafael RAMírez Monasterio, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor; born on 5 November 1937 in Guatemala City (Guatemala), and killed there in odium fidei on 7 November 1983;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Tecla Antonia Relucenti (in religion: TECLA MARIA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION), cofounder of the Congregation of the Pious Worker Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; born on 23 September 1704 in Ascoli Piceno (Italy), and died there on 11 July 1769;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Teresa Militerni (in religion: Crocifissa), professed religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist, born on 24 December 1874 in Cetraro, Cosenza (Italy), and died there on 25 March 1925;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Giselda Villela (in religion: Maria Imaculada of the Holy Trinity), professed nun of the Order of Discalced Carmelites; born on 8 July 1909 in Sapucaí, Jacutinga, Minas Gerais (Brazil), and died on 20 January 1988 in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais (Brazil); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Nerino Cobianchi, layperson of the diocese of Vigevano; married; born on 25 June 1945 in Velezzo Lomellina, Pavia (Italy), and died on 3 January 1998 in Cilavegna, Pavia (Italy).

Posted by:

Charles G. Braganza 

Date:

22/01/2026