VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 1999 (VIS) - Today in the Clementine Hall, the following decrees were promulgated in the presence of John Paul II, the members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and postulators of the respective causes:
- Two decrees regarding miracles attributed to the intercession of Blesseds:
- Cristobal Magallanes, Mexican, and 24 companions, diocesan priests and laity, martyrs, murdered for the faith between 1915 and 1937 during persecutions against the Church in Mexico.
- Maria Josefa del Corazon de Jesus Sancho de Guerra, Spanish, foundress of the Institute of the Servants of Jesus (1842-1912).
- Five decrees regarding miracles attributed to the intercession of Servants of God:
- Arcangelo Tadini, Italian, diocesan priest, founder of the Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth (1846-1912)
- Marie Ann (ne Marie Esther Soureau-Blondin), Canadian, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Ann (1809- 1890).
- Rosa Gattorno, Italian, widow, foundress of the Institute of the Daughters of St. Ann (1831-1900).
- Caterina Volpicelli, Italian, foundress of the Servants of the Sacred Heart (1839-1894).
- Francsco Marto, Portuguese, witness of the apparition of Fatima (1908-1919) and Jacinta Marto, Portuguese, witness of the apparition of Fatima (1910-1920).
- Three decrees regarding the martyrdom of Servants of God:
- Maria Guadalupe (ne Maria Francesca Ricart Olmos), Spanish, (1881-1936) of the Second Order of the Servants of Mary, martyred for the faith on October 2, 1936 in Silla, Spain
- Maria Baldillou, Spanish, and 5 companions of the Institute of Holy Schools, Daughters of Mary; and Dolores and Consuelo Aguiar-Mella Diaz, Spanish, lay people, martyred for the faith August 8, 1936 in Valencia, Spain, and September 19, 1936 in Madrid, Spain.
- Maria Stella (ne Adelaide Mardosewicz) and 10 companions of the Institute of the Holy Family of Nazareth, martyred for the faith August 1, 1943 in Nowogrodek, Bielarus.
- Eight decrees regarding the heroic virtue of Servants of God:
- Jeronimo Maria Usera y Alarcon, Spanish, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Love of God (1810-1891).
- Pablo de Anda y Padilla, Mexican, diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate (1830-1904).
- Giorgio Preca, Maltese, diocesan priest and founder of the Society for Christian Doctrine (1880-1962).
- Columba (ne Joseph Marmion), Irish, priest of the Order of St. Benedict (1858-1923).
- Maria del Paso de Jesus Sacramentado (ne Maria del Paso Cabanillas) Argentinian, foundress of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Argentina (1821-1885).
- Maria della Passione (ne Helen de Chappotin de Neuville), French, foundress of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary (1839-1904).
- Maria Teresa Chiramel Mankidiyan, Indian, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (1876-1926).
- Caritas (ne Marie Josephine Caroline Brader), Swiss, foundress of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate. (1860-1943).
Among those present were archbishops Jose Saraiva Martins and Edward Nowak, respectively prefect and secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as well as a group of cardinals.
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