P
ope Francis on May
13 authorized eight
decrees on the mira-
cles and heroic virtues
of 8 men and women,
five of them Italians,
two Brazilians and a Spaniard.
Two miracles have been cleared
for canonization and another for
beatification.
Pope Francis early in the week
took eight men and women a step
closer to sainthood, two of them
cleared for canonization.
The Pope received in audience
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the
prefect of the Congregation for the
Causes of Saints and authorized the
promulgation of decrees on three
miracles and five heroic virtues.
Two miracles recognized for can-
onization concern the two nuns:
Italian Sister, Blessed Giuseppi-
na Vannini, the foundress of the
Daughters of St. Camillus, who
was born in Rome (Italy) on 7 July
1859 and died there on 23 February
1911.
Brazilian Sister, Blessed Dulce
Lopes Pontes, of the Congregation
of the Missionary Sisters of the Im-
maculate Conception of the Mother
of God. She was born in São Salva-
dor da Bahia on 26 May 1914 and
died there on 22 May 1992.
Another miracle has cleared
a woman for beatification. It
concerns Italian Sister, Venerable
Servant of God Lucia of the Im-
maculata. She was born in Acquate
on 26 May 1909 and died in Brescia
on 4 July 1954.
Five decrees on heroic virtues
concern the following Servants of
God:
Auxiliary Bishop Giovanni Batti-
sta Pinardi of Turin, Italy, who was
born in Castagnole Piemonte on 15
August 1880 and died in Turin on 2
August 1962.
Italian priest, Father Carlo Salerio
of the Paris Foreign Missions Socie-
ty (MEP) who founded the Institute
of the Sisters of Reparation. He was
born in Milan on 22 March 1827
and died there on 29 September
1870.
Spanish priest, Father Domenico
Lázaro Castro of the Society of
Mary (Marist). He was born in San
Adrian de Juarros on May 10, 1877
and died in Madrid on February
22, 1935.
Brazilian Capuchin Friar Sal-
vatore da Casca who was born in
Casca on July 27, 1911 and died in
Flores da Cunha on May 31, 1972.
Italian Sister Maria Eufrasia
Iaconis of the Congregation of
the Daughters of the Immaculate
Conception who was born in Cas-
telsilano on 18 November 1867 and
died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on
2 August 1916.
