Pope authorizes eight decrees concerning candidates for sainthood vaticannews.va
Pope Francis on Saturday received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, who presented for his approval the causes of several candidates on the way to sainthood. The Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate a decree on the miracle attributed to an Italian laywoman, clearing her for beatification. One of the seven decrees on heroic virtues concerns an English priest.
Armida Barelli, Italy
A decree approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of an Italian laywoman, the Venerable Servant of God Armida Barelli, a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. She was born on 1 December 1882 in Milan, and died in Marzio, Italy on 15 August 1952…
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