Pope declares medieval mystic a saint, advances seven other causes

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of seven men and women, including a Canadian and an English founder of two religious orders for women.
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**He also declared the Italian medieval mystic, Blessed Angela of Foligno, a saint, foregoing the usual process of canonization and without formally recognizing a second miracle.
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Pope Francis accepted a proposal Oct. 9 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, allowing Blessed Angela to become a saint immediately. The Vatican made the announcement Oct. 11.**
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According to church rules — established by the pope and subject to changes by him — a miracle is needed after beatification to make a candidate eligible for canonization.
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Pope Francis recently approved the canonization of Blessed John XXIII in absence of a miracle. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told Catholic News Service that exceptions to the normal sainthood process have been made through the church’s history.
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Blessed Angela of Foligno experienced a conversion in the late 13th century. A worldly woman who looked down on those who observed strict poverty in religious life, she experienced a series of tragic events and suffering that changed her way of thinking.
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After the deaths of her mother, her husband and her children, she sold all she had and joined the Third Order of St. Francis. She lived from 1248 to 1309.
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The other decrees approved by Pope Francis Oct. 9 recognized:
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– The miracle needed for the beatification of Italian Mother Assunta Marchetti, cofounder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo — the Scalabrinians. She was born in 1871 and died in Sao Paolo in 1948.
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– The heroic virtues of Marie Elizabeth Turgeon, founder of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. She was born in Beaumont, Quebec, in 1840, and died in Rimouski, Quebec, in 1881.
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– The heroic virtues of Sister Mary of St. Francis, who founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Victories. Of English nationality, she was born in Hurryhur, India, in 1840 and died in Portugal in 1916.
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She was raised in the Anglican faith and grew up in England after the early death of her mother. A vision of St. Mary led her to believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; she became a Catholic and eventually joined the Third Order of St. Francis.
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– The heroic virtues of two Italian founders of religious orders; an Italian nun; and an Italian layman and father.
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Pax Christi!

Yay! I love medieval mystics!

St. Angela, ora pro nobis!

God bless the Holy Father!
 
JReducation said:
A canonization without a public ceremony has not been done in centuries. Waving the miracle was done as recently as Pope Paul VI. I just can’t remember what saint it was.

Pope Benedict did a beatification without a single miracle, just before he left office. He beatified John Duns Scotus.

We Franciscans are delighted. Both Scotus and Angela are Franciscans.
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Brother JR, why do you suppose that the Holy Father has decided to waive a formal canonization ceremony for Saint Angela? :cool:

I am over the moon. Saint Angela is a very profound mystical author (of the via negativa school no doubt), hence why she was given the epithet “Mistress of Theologians”.
 
JReducation said:
A canonization without a public ceremony has not been done in centuries. Waving the miracle was done as recently as Pope Paul VI. I just can’t remember what saint it was.

Pope Benedict did a beatification without a single miracle, just before he left office. He beatified John Duns Scotus.

We Franciscans are delighted. Both Scotus and Angela are Franciscans.
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I hope you don’t mind a couple corrections :):

Pope Benedict XVI canonized St. Hildegard without a formal ceremony (St. Hildegard had long been popularly considered a Saint, but had never been formally canonized. She was canonized by the Pope essentially as a formality in preparation for her being declared a Doctor of the Church. St. Angela’s prior veneration and recent canonization are actually very analogous so I wouldn’t be surprised if she were declared a Doctor of the Church soon.)

Bl. John Duns Scotus was beatified in 1993 by Bl. John Paul II (not sure if there was a miracle or not).

Just to add, I am unaware of Paul VI waiving the miracle requirement for anyone (doesn’t mean he didn’t!), but I do know Pius XI did for the canonizations of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More.
 
I know a great many wonderful Franciscan sisters who are full of joy on hearing this news! And the sadly recently deceased translator of Angela’s writings into English, Brother Paul Lachance (OFM), is surely dancing with her in heaven!
 
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