Blessed Pier Giorgio
Frassati, left, and Blessed Carlo Acutis
Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati to be canonized
together
Pope Leo XIV presides at an Ordinary Public Consistory for
the Vote on Causes for Canonization, which gave formal approval for the
canonizations of eight Blesseds, and set the date for their canonizations.
By Salvatore Cernuzio and Christopher Wells
Pope Leo XIV held the first Ordinary Public Consistory of
his pontificate on Friday morning, with Cardinals giving their formal approval
for the canonizations of eight Blesseds.
During the ceremony, the Holy Father announced that Blessed
Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonized together on 7
September.
The canonizations of the two young saints—one from the early
twentieth century, the other the first twenty-first-century saint—have been
greatly anticipated due to the great devotion among the faithful.
Pope Leo presides at
the Consistory on Friday morning (@Vatican Media)
Announcement by Pope
Francis
The late Pope himself had announced the canonizations of
Blesseds Pier Giorgio and Carlo at the General Audience of 20 November 2024,
prompting thunderous applause from the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
The canonization of Acutis, who was beatified in Assisi on
10 October 2020, had originally been scheduled for 27 April, the Second Sunday
of Easter, to coincide with the Jubilee of Teenagers, while Frassati’s canonization
had been set for 3 August, the culmination of the Jubilee for Youth.
The postponement of Blessed Carlo’s canonization was
announced on the day of Pope Francis’ death, 21 April, and it was widely
assumed that Blessed Pier Giorgio’s canonization would similarly be delayed.
Doubts about the timing of the canonizations were finally
resolved with Friday's announcement by Pope Leo, who has made the choice to
enroll among the number of the saints two young men from different eras who led
completely different lives, but who are nonetheless united in their love for
Christ and their ability to impart that love to those whose lives they touched.
Blessed Ignatius
Maloyan, Armenian Archbishop and martyr
Seven blessed to be
canonized in October
During Friday’s consistory, Pope Leo also set the date for
the canonization of seven other Blesseds, including martyred Armenian Catholic
Archbishop Ignatius Shoukrallah Maloyan, who died in 1915 during the Armenian
Genocide in the Ottoman Empire; and Peter To Rot, a lay catechist who was martyred
in 1945 for continuing his apostolate despite the ban imposed by the Japanese.
Blessed Peter will be the first canonized saint from Papua New Guinea.
Blessed Peter To Rot,
catechist and martyr
Three female religious are also among those who will be
canonized in October: Vincenza Maria Poloni, founder of the Institute of the
Sisters of Mercy of Verona; Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles (née Carmen Elena
Rendiles Martínez), from Venezuela, founder of the Congregation of the Servants
of Jesus; and Maria Troncatti, a professed religious of the Daughters of Mary,
Help of Christians.
Finally, two other laymen will be among those enrolled in
the catalogue of the saints: Bartolo Longo, founder of the famous Marian Shrine
at Pompeii, and José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, a Venezuelan doctor and
member of the Secular Franciscan Order, known as “the doctor of the poor”
because he treated those in need and even paid for their medicines.
Blessed Vincenza Maria Poloni, founder of the Institute
of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona
Blessed Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles, known as
Madre Carmen, founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus
Maria Troncatti, professed regious of the daughters
of Mary. Help of Chritians
Blessed Bartolo Longo,layman
José Gregorio Hernández Cisnero, layman
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