DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 18, 2007 (VIS) - Yesterday morning, the Holy Father received in 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

 - Servant of God Michael Spocko, Polish priest (1888-1975).

 - Servant of God James Ghazir Haddad (ne Khalil), Lebanese professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins and founder of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of the Cross in Lebanon (1875-1954).

 - Servant of God Maria Maddalena dell'Incarnazione Sordini (nee Caterina), Italian foundress of the Order of Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (died 1824).

 - Servant of God Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve, French foundress of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (1811-1854).

 - Servant of God Vincenza Maria Poloni (ne Luigia), Italian foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona (1802-1855).

 - Servant of God Maria Giuseppina di Gesu Crocefisso Catanea (nee Giuseppina), Italian professed nun of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1896-1948).

HEROIC VIRTUES

 - Servant of God Francesco Mottola, Italian priest and founder of the Secular Institute of the Oblates of the Sacred Heart (1901-1969).

 - Servant of God Serafino Morazzone, Italian priest (1747-1822).

 - Servant of God Raphael Louis Rafiringa, Madagascan professed religious of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools (1856-1919).

 - Servant of God Stephen Nehme (ne Joseph), Lebanese professed religious of the Order of Maronites (1889-1938).

 - Servant of God Anna Maria Marovich, Italian member of the Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Immaculate (1815-1887).

 - Servant of God Maria Piera De Micheli (nee Giuseppa Maria), Italian professed sister of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of Buenos Aires (1890-1945).

 - Servant of God Manuel Lozano Garrido, Spanish lay person, (1920-1971).

 - Servant of God Antonia Meo (known as Nennolina), Italian person (1930-1937).
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