Promulgation of Decrees

On Thursday, 14 December, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. During the audience, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same Dicastery to promulgate the Decrees regarding:

— The miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Moisés Lira Serafín, professed priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, Founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate; born on 16 September 1893 in Zacatlán, Mexico, and died on 25 June 1950 in Mexico City, Mexico;

— The miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God, Anne of Jesus (in the world, Ana de Lobera y Torres), professed nun of the Order of Discalced Carmelites; born on 25 November 1545 in Medina del Campo, Spain, and died on 4 March 1621 in Brussels, Belgium.

— The martyrdom of the Servant of God Giuseppe Rossi, diocesan priest, born on 3 November 1912 in Varallo Pombia, Italy, and killed in hatred of the faith on 26 February 1945 near Castiglione Ossola, Italy;

— The martyrdom of the Servants of God Luigi Carrara and Giovanni Didonè, professed priests of the Society of St Francis Xavier for the Foreign Missions, Vittorio Faccin, professed religious of the same Society, and Albert Joubert, diocesan priest; killed in hatred of the faith on 28 November 1964 in Baraka and Fizi, Democratic Republic of the Congo;

— The martyrdom of the Servant of God Ján Havlík, Seminarian of the Society of Missionaries of Saint Vincent de Paul; born on 12 February 1928 in Vlčkovany, Slovakia, and killed in hatred of the faith on 27 December 1965 in Skalica, Slovakia;

— The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Alberto Beretta (in the world, Enrico), diocesan priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born on 28 August 1916 in Milan, Italy, and died on 10 August 2001 in Bergamo, Italy;

— The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Ernesto Guillermo Cofiño Ubico, lay faithful and father; born on 5 June 1899 in Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, and died there on 17 October 1991;

— The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Francesca Lancellotti, lay faithful and mother; born on 7 July 1917 in Oppido Lucano, Italy, and died on 4 September 2008 in Rome, Italy.