Candidates for sainthood named by pope

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On Jan. 19, Pope Francis signed decrees recognizing that six candidates for sainthood heroically lived the Christian virtues. Beatification will require a miracle attributed to the candidate’s intercession, and canonization — a declaration of sainthood — will require an additional miracle.

Causes that were advanced: Spanish poet and priest, Father Miquel Costa i Llobera (1854-1922.) He studied in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University and was ordained a priest in 1888. He ministered in Majorca and was renowned for his speaking and preaching abilities. He was made a member of the Spanish Royal Academy in 1902.

— Italian Father Gaetano Mauro, (1888-1969) founded the Congregation of Rural Catechists. He served as a military chaplain during World War I and ended up in the Katzenau internment camp in Austria.

He went to Calabria after the war and sought to alleviate the intense poverty and lack of religious instruction among the farmers by dedicating himself to evangelization and promoting their human dignity. He founded an association for teaching church doctrine in rural areas, which later became a religious congregation.

— Italian Father Giovanni Barra (1914-1975) was dedicated to reaching out to young people and using culture as a way to open people’s minds and share the Gospel.

— Marianist Father Vicente López de Uralde Lazcano of Spain (1894-1990). He was a popular confessor who was known for being welcoming, listening and sharing God’s mercy.

— Sister Maria “Diomira” Allegri of Italy (1651-1677), a member of the Congregation of Sisters Established in the Charity of the Good Shepherd. She sought God’s will in prayer and serving others. Tradition holds that when she was 7, she survived an earthquake when a young boy appeared in her room and put her in an outdoor courtyard as her house collapsed.

— Bertilla Antoniazzi (1944-1964), Italian laywoman. At the age of 8, she was struck by rheumatic heart disease, which left her hospitalized often and physically weak. She was a member of Catholic Action and other volunteer organizations and prayed for those who were more ill than her.

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