POPE TO BEATIFY FIVE SERVANTS OF GOD ON APRIL 29

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2001 (VIS) - Sunday, April 29, Third Sunday of Easter, at 10 a.m., John Paul II will celebrate the Eucharist in St. Peter's Square and proclaim as Blesseds five Servants of God.

The future Blesseds are: Manuel Gonzalez Garcia, (1877-1940), bishop, founder of the Congregation of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth; Maria Anna Blondin, (1809-1890), virgin, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne; Caterina Volpicelli, (1839-1894), virgin, foundress of the Servants of the Sacred Heart; Caterina Cittadini, (1801-1857), virgin, foundress of the Ursuline Sisters of Somasca; Carlo Manuel Cecilio Rodriguez Santiago, (1918-1963), layman.

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JOHN PAUL II THANKS PAPAL FOUNDATION FOR ITS SUPPORT

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2001 (VIS) - "Peace be with you" was Pope John Paul's greeting this morning as he welcomed 70 members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation, in Rome for their annual visit. The Pope added that it was the responsibility of believers "to bring this gift of the Lord's peace to others, especially to those who are poor or suffering, to those who are neglected or oppressed, to those whose cries go unheeded, whose hopes always seem shattered."

He said that "the Bishop of Rome ... is called to use every means at his disposal to assist and strengthen those communities most in need of spiritual and material care. ... It is for this reason, dear friends, that I am most grateful to you: the support which you give through the Papal Foundation allows so many good works to be carried out in the name of Christ and His Church. The many programs and projects funded by grants made available by the Papal Foundation enable the Church's Easter proclamation of joy, hope and peace to reach the ears, minds and hearts of people in many parts of the world."

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PROMULGATION OF DECREES BY CONGREGATION FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2001 (VIS) - This morning in the Clementine Hall, the following decrees were promulgated in the presence of the Holy Father, members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the postulators of the respective causes. Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the congregation, read a speech detailing the lives of the future Blesseds and Saints who, he said, radically lived the Gospel precept to "be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect."

The 52 causes are for:

MARTYRS:

- Nicola Carneckyj, bishop, apostolic exarch of Volyn and Pidljashja, Ukraine, and 25 companions, including 7 bishops, 14 priests, 3 sisters and one lay man, father of a family.
- Ruthenian Bishop Teodoro Romzsa, of the Byzantine rite, apostolic administrator of Munkacs, Ukraine.
- Archbishop Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan of Mardin, Turkey, of the Armenian Church.
- Emiliano Kovc, priest of the eparchy of Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), died in the concentration camp of Majdanek, Poland in 1944.

HEROIC VIRTUES:

- Archbishop Sigismondo Felice Felinski, born in Volinia, then Polish and now Ukrainian territory, founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary for the assistance of the poor.
- Italian Bishop Giovanni Antonio Farina, founder of the Teaching Sisters of St. Dorothy Daughters of the Sacred Hearts for the education of poor children.
- Giuseppe Gualandi, priest of Bologna, Italy, established the Religious Institute of the Little Mission for the Deaf-Mute.
- Tommaso Maria Fusco, priest of the diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, founder of the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood.
- Camillian Father Luigi Tezza, founder of the Daughters of St. Camillus, together with Blessed Giuseppina Vannini.
- Charles de Foucauld, priest of the diocese of Viviers, France; died in Algeria in 1916.
- Luigi Monti, religious, established the Men's Institute of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception.
- Maria Maddalena dell'Incarnazione, nee Caterina Sordini, foundress of the Order of the Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament.
- Maria Domenica Mantovani, collaborator in the foundation of the Congregation of the Little Daughters of the Holy Family.
- Anna Caterina Emmerick, Canoness Regular of St. Augustine.
- Rosalia Rendu, Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
- Benedictine Abbess Maria Adeodata Pisani, of the Convent of San Pietro a Mdina, Malta.
- Concetta Bertoli, of Italian Catholic Action and a Franciscan Tertiary.
MIRACLES:

- Blessed Alfonso de Orozco, 16th century Spanish Augustinian.
- Nine Men and Women Servants of God, who have served the people of God in Argentina, Costa Rica, Italy, Malta, and Ukraine: Sigismondo Gorazdowski; Gaetano Errico; Paolo Manna; Ignazio Falzon, cleric; Artemide Zatti, lay professor; and Sisters Gaetana Sterni, Giosafata Hordashevska, Maria Adeodata Pisani, and Maria Romero Meneses.

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ACADEMY PLENARY ASSEMBLY TO FOCUS ON GLOBALIZATION

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2001 (VIS) - The Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences will hold its seventh plenary assembly in the Vatican from April 25 to 28 on the theme "Globalization and the Common Humanity: Ethical and Institutional Concerns." Thirty-three academicians from all the continents, as well as a number of experts, will take part in the four-day meeting, according to a communique issued by the academy.

The academy was founded in 1994 by Pope John Paul, states the communique, "with the aim of promoting the study and progress of the social, economic, political and juridical sciences, and thus offering the Church the elements which she can use in order to foster and develop her social doctrine." This year is the first time that the academy has studied the theme of globalization.

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PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS HONORS RETIREE

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2001 (VIS) - Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, spoke today at a reception in honor of Marjorie Weeke, delegate of the council's audiovisual section, who is retiring after 30 years of service to the Holy See. The archbishop also welcomed Angelo Scelzo, undersecretary of the pontifical council, who will assume her responsibilities.

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, APR 24, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Bishop Agustin Roberto Radrizzani, SDB, of Neuquen, Argentina, as bishop of Lomas de Zamora (area 1,400, population 2,395,789, Catholics 2,009,650, priests 147, permanent deacons 64, religious 459), Argentina. He succeeds Bishop Desiderio Elso Collino, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with the age limit.
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