3 July 2008
On 3 July 2008 Pope Benedict XVI received in private audience Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:
MIRACLES
Blessed Father Damian de Veuster, Belgian professed priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1840-1889).
Blessed Bernardo Tolomei, Italian founder of the Olivetan Benedictine Congregation (1272-1348).
Blessed Nuno di Santa Maria Alvares Pereira (ne: Nuno), Portuguese professed layman of the Order of Friars of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (1360-1431).
Servant of God Ludovico Martin, French lay man (1823-1894) and Servant of God Maria Zelia Guerin Martin, French lay woman (1831-1877), parents of Saint Therese de Lisieux
MARTYRDOM
Servant of God Francesco Giovanni Bonifacio, Italian, killed in hatred of the faith at Villa Gardossi, Italy (1912-1946).
HEROIC VIRTUES
Blessed Nuno di Santa Maria Alvares Pereira (ne: Nuno), Portuguese professed layman of the Order of Friars of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (1360-1431).
Servant of God Stephen Douayhy, Lebanese patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (1630-1704).
Servant of God Bernardino Dal Vago da Portogruaro (ne: Giuseppe), Italian archbishop of the Order of Friars Minor (1822-1895).
Servant of God Giuseppe Di Donna, Italian bishop of Andria, of the Order of the Blessed Trinity (1901-1952).
Servant of God Maria Barbara of the Blessed Trinity Maix (nee: Barbara), Austrian foundress of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1818-1873).
Servant of God Pius Keller (ne: Hans), German professed priest of the Order of St. Augustine (1825-1904).
Servant of God Andres Hibernon Garmendia (ne: Francisco Andres), Spanish professed brother of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools (1880-1969).
Servant of God Chiara Badano, young Italian lay woman (1971-1990).
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1 July 2008
General prayer intention
That there may be an increase in the number of those who, as volunteers, offer their services to the Christian community with generous and prompt availability.
His mission intention
That the World Youth Day held in Sydney, Australia, may awaken the fire of divine love in young people and make them sowers of hope for a new humanity.
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27 June 2008
The Catholic news service h2oNews now has a free audio version of English translation of Spe Salvi, Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Letter on Hope from November 2007.
The text of the Encyclical is available on the Vatican web site, and can be downloaded in Microsoft Reader, MobiPocket or eReader formats from the e-books page at Saints.SQPN.com.
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