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Pope Leo XIV during an address at the Vatican on Thursday called for the “prudent” evaluation of supernatural phenomena to avoid falling into superstition.
The relator for the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca, said the lives of the saints “pierce our conscience.”
Leo XIV has authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decrees recognizing three new venerables, including two missionaries and an Indian bishop.
In his first Regina Caeli from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for their affection and asked them to pray for him.
The Vatican has issued a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of Servant of God Luigina Sinapi, declaring her “venerable.”
The Holy See said Pope Francis “has decided to convene a consistory, which will also concern the canonization” of four Blesseds.
A friend of Pope Leo XIII and the teacher of St. Gemma Galgani, Elena Guerra (1835–1914) is known for her spiritual writings and her devotion to the Holy Spirit.
Pope Francis on Saturday approved the beatification of a young Italian priest martyred by Nazis during World War II, and advanced the beatification causes of eight other men and women.