VATICAN CITY, NOV 8, 2005 (VIS) - At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, November 13, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will preside at a Eucharistic celebration in the Vatican Basilica during which, by order of Benedict XVI, he will read the Apostolic Letter by which the Pope proclaims as Blesseds the following Servants of God: Charles de Foucauld, priest (1858-1916); Maria Pia Mastena, virgin and foundress of the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Countenance (1881-1951); and Maria Crocifissa Curcio, virgin and founder of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (1877-1957).
At the end of the Mass, the Holy Father will arrive in the basilica in order to venerate the relics of the new Blesseds, greet those present and impart his apostolic blessing.
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