Vatican City, 18 April 2015 (VIS) –
This morning in the Holy See Press office, the Day of Reflection
dedicated to “Friar Junipero Serra, apostle of California, witness
of holiness”, to be held on Saturday 2 May at the Pontifical North
American College of Rome, Italy. At the beginning of the press
conference, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., announced that the Pope will
canonise Blessed Junipero Serra on 23 September during his apostolic
trip to the United States, outside the National Shrine in Washington,
D.C.
The event on 2 May, convoked by the
Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Commission for
Latin America, and funded by the archdiocese of Los Angeles, will aim
to inform on the life, mission and witness of holiness of Friar
Junipero Serra, O.F.M. (1713-1784).
Speakers at the conference were
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., president of the Pontifical Council
for Latin America; Guzman Carriquiry Lecour, secretary of the
vice-presidency of the same dicastery; Fr. Vincenzo Criscuolo, O.F.M.
Cap., general rapporteur of the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints; and Msgr. James Francis Checcio, rector of the Pontifical
North American College.
The activities to take place on the Day
of Reflection include the Pope's visit to the Pontifical North
American College, during which he will officiate at Holy Mass.
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