Benedict XVI: Six new saints on October 17 October 17 is the date set for the next canonization. The announcement was made by Benedict XVI this morning during the ordinary public consistory held in …More
Benedict XVI: Six new saints on October 17
October 17 is the date set for the next canonization. The announcement was made by Benedict XVI this morning during the ordinary public consistory held in the Apostolic Palace. The new saints, whose biographies were read by Msgr. Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, are: Stanislaw Soltis, a priest of the Canons Regular of the Lateran; André Bessette, a religious of the Congregation of the Holy Cross; Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria, foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, Mary MacKillop, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart; Giulia Salzano, founder of the Congregation of Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and B ...
October 17 is the date set for the next canonization. The announcement was made by Benedict XVI this morning during the ordinary public consistory held in the Apostolic Palace. The new saints, whose biographies were read by Msgr. Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, are: Stanislaw Soltis, a priest of the Canons Regular of the Lateran; André Bessette, a religious of the Congregation of the Holy Cross; Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria, foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, Mary MacKillop, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart; Giulia Salzano, founder of the Congregation of Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and B ...