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Download the 2025 Salesian Holiness poster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Salesian Postulation presents the 2025 annual dossier, documenting the work carried out and the latest developments in the causes for beatification and canonisation of the Salesian Family of Don Bosco. From the figure of Don Bosco to the present day, the tradition of Salesian holiness has been expressed through an extraordinary plurality of states of life and forms: men and women, young and old, consecrated and lay people, bishops and missionaries who, in different historical and cultural contexts, have made the Salesian charism shine. As of 31 December 2025, the Postulation is following 181 figures, including Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God, with 61 causes under direct coordination. This spiritual heritage shows us the path to follow on our journey to holiness.<\/p>\n

\u00abLet us not forget that it is precisely the saints who move the Church forward and help it grow\u00bb<\/em> (Pope Francis)<\/p>\n

\u00abThe men and women whom yesterday we proclaimed saints are for all of us shining signs of hope, because they offered their lives in the love of Christ and of their brothers and sisters\u00bb<\/em> (Leo XIV)<\/p>\n

\u00abFrom now on let this be our watchword: the holiness of the children shall be proof of the holiness of the father\u00bb.<\/em> (Don Rua)<\/p>\n

It is necessary to express profound gratitude and praise to God for the holiness already recognized in the Salesian Family of Don Bosco and for that which is in the process of being recognized. The outcome of a Cause of Beatification and Canonization is an event of extraordinary importance and ecclesial significance. It involves, in fact, carrying out a discernment regarding the reputation for holiness of a baptized person who lived the evangelical beatitudes to a heroic degree or who gave his or her life for Christ.
\nFrom Don Bosco up to our own days, there is attested a tradition of holiness that deserves attention, because it is the incarnation of the charism that originated from him and that has been expressed in a plurality of states of life and forms. These are men and women, young and adults, consecrated persons and lay people, bishops and missionaries, who in different historical, cultural, and social contexts across time and space have caused the Salesian charism to shine with a singular light, representing a heritage that plays an effective role in the life and community of believers and for men and women of good will.<\/p>\n

1. List as of 31 december 2025
\n<\/strong>
\nOur Postulation concerns 181 among Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, Servants of God.
\nThe Causes followed directly by the Postulation are 61 (+ 5 extra).<\/p>\n

SAINTS (11)
\nSaint Giovanni Bosco<\/strong>, priest (date of Canonization: 1 April 1934) \u2013 (Italy)
\nSaint Giuseppe Cafasso<\/strong>, priest (22 June 1947) \u2013 (Italy)
\nSaint Maria D. Mazzarello<\/strong>, virgin (24 June 1951) \u2013 (Italy)
\nSaint Domenico Savio<\/strong>, adolescent (12 June 1954) \u2013 (Italy)
\nSaint Leonardo Murialdo<\/strong>, priest (3 May 1970) \u2013 (Italy)
\nSaint Luigi Versiglia<\/strong>, bishop, martyr<\/strong> (1 October 2000) \u2013 (Italy – China)
\nSaint Callisto Caravario<\/strong>, priest, martyr <\/strong>(1 October 2000) \u2013 (Italy – China)
\nSaint Luigi Orione<\/strong>, priest (16 May 2004) \u2013 (Italy)
\nSaint Luigi Guanella<\/strong>, priest (23 October 2011) \u2013 (Italy)
\nSaint Artemide Zatti<\/strong>, religious (9 October 2022) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 Argentina)
\nSaint Maria Troncatti<\/strong>, virgin (19 October 2025) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 Ecuador)<\/p>\n

BLESSEDS (116)
\nBlessed Michele Rua<\/strong>, priest (date of Beatification: 29 October 1972) \u2013 (Italy)
\nBlessed Laura Vicu\u00f1a<\/strong>, adolescent (3 September 1988) \u2013 (Chile \u2013 Argentina)
\nBlessed Filippo Rinaldi<\/strong>, priest (29 April 1990) \u2013 (Italy)
\nBlessed Maddalena Morano<\/strong>, virgin (5 November 1994) \u2013 (Italy)
\nBlessed Giuseppe Kowalski<\/strong>, priest, martyr <\/strong>(13 June 1999) \u2013 (Poland)
\nBlessed Francesco K\u0119sy<\/strong>, layman, and 4 companion martyrs<\/strong> (13 June 1999) \u2013 (Poland)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Czes\u0142aw J\u00f3z\u00b4wiak<\/strong>, layman
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Edward Kaz\u00b4mierski<\/strong>, layman
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Edward Klinik<\/strong>, layman
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Jarogniew Wojciechowski<\/strong>, layman
\nBlessed Pio IX<\/strong>, pope (3 September 2000) \u2013 (Italy)
\nBlessed Giuseppe Calasanz<\/strong>, priest, and 31 companion martyrs<\/strong> (11 March 2001) \u2013 (Spain)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Maria Mart\u00edn Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Recaredo de los R\u00edos Fabregat<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuliano Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Gim\u00e9nez L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Agostino Garc\u00eda Calvo<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giovanni Martorell Soria<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giacomo Buch Canal<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Pietro Mesonero Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Ot\u00edn Aquilu\u00e9<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Alvaro Sanju\u00e1n Canet<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Francesco Bandr\u00e9s S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Sergio Cid Pazo<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Batalla Parram\u00f3<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Rabasa Bentanachs<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Gil Rodicio Rodicio<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Angelo Ramos Vel\u00e1zquez<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Filippo Hern\u00e1ndez Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Zaccaria Abad\u00eda Buesa<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giacomo Ortiz Alzueta<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Saverio Bordas Piferrer<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Felice Vivet Trabal<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Michele Domingo Cendra<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Caselles Moncho<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Castell Camps<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Bonet Nadal<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giacomo Bonet Nadal<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Alessandro Planas Saur\u00ed<\/strong>, lay collaborator
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Eliseo Garc\u00eda Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giulio Junyer Padern<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Mar\u00eda Carmen Moreno Ben\u00edtez<\/strong>, virgin
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Mar\u00eda Amparo Carbonell Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>, virgin
\nBlessed Luigi Variara<\/strong>, priest (14 April 2002) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 Colombia)
\nBlessed Maria Romero Meneses<\/strong>, virgin (14 April 2002) \u2013 (Nicaragua \u2013 Costa Rica)
\nBlessed Augusto Czartoryski<\/strong>, priest (25 April 2004) \u2013 (France \u2013 Poland)
\nBlessed Eusebia Palomino<\/strong>, virgin (25 April 2004) \u2013 (Spain)
\nBlessed Alexandrina M. Da Costa<\/strong>, laywoman (25 April 2004) \u2013 (Portugal)
\nBlessed Alberto Marvelli<\/strong>, layman (5 September 2004) \u2013 (Italy)
\nBlessed Bronislao Markiewicz<\/strong>, priest (19 June 2005) \u2013 (Poland)
\nBlessed Enrico Saiz Aparicio<\/strong>, priest, and 62 companion martyrs<\/strong> (28 October 2007) \u2013 (Spain)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Felice Gonz\u00e1lez Tejedor<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giovanni Codera Marqu\u00e9s<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Virgilio Edreira Mosquera<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Paolo Gracia S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Carmelo Giovanni P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, subdeacon
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Teodulo Gonz\u00e1lez Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Tommaso Gil de la Cal<\/strong>, aspirant
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Federico Cobo Sanz<\/strong>, aspirant
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Igino de Mata D\u00edez<\/strong>, aspirant
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giusto Juanes Santos<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Vittoriano Fern\u00e1ndez Reinoso<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Emilio Arce D\u00edez<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Raimondo Eir\u00edn Mayo<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Matteo Garolera Masferrer<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Anastasio Garz\u00f3n Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Francesco Giuseppe Mart\u00edn L\u00f3pez de Arroyave<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giovanni de Mata D\u00edez<\/strong>, lay collaborator
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Pio Conde Conde<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Sabino Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> Laso, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Salvatore Fern\u00e1ndez P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Nicola de la Torre Merino<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Germano Mart\u00edn Mart\u00edn<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Villanova Tormo<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Stefano Cobo Sanz<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Francesco Edreira Mosquera<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Emanuele Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Valentino Gil Arribas<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Pietro Artolozaga Mellique<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Emanuele Borrajo M\u00edguez<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Dionisio Ull\u00edvarri Baraju\u00e1n<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Michele Lasaga Carazo<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Luigi Mart\u00ednez Alvarellos<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giovanni Larragueta Garay<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Fiorenzo Rodr\u00edguez G\u00fcemes<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Pasquale de Castro Herrera<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Stefano V\u00e1zquez Alonso<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Eliodoro Ramos Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Maria Celaya Badiola<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Andrea Jim\u00e9nez Galera<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Andrea G\u00f3mez S\u00e1ez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Cid Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Torrero Luque<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Enrico Canut Is\u00fas<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Michele Molina de la Torre<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Paolo Caballero L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Onorio Hern\u00e1ndez Mart\u00edn<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giovanni Luigi Hern\u00e1ndez Medina<\/strong>, cleric
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Mohedano Larriva<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Camacho<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Lim\u00f3n Lim\u00f3n<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Giuseppe Blanco Salgado<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Francesco M\u00edguez Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Emanuele Fern\u00e1ndez Ferro<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Felice Paco Escart\u00edn<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Tommaso Alonso Sanju\u00e1n<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Emanuele G\u00f3mez Contioso<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Pancorbo L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Stefano Garc\u00eda Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Raffaele Rodr\u00edguez Mesa<\/strong>, coadjutor
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Antonio Rodr\u00edguez Blanco<\/strong>, diocesan priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Bartolomeo Blanco M\u00e1rquez<\/strong>, layman
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Teresa Cejudo Redondo<\/strong>, laywoman
\nBlessed Zeffirino Namuncur\u00e1<\/strong>, layman (11 November 2007) \u2013 (Argentina \u2013 Italy)
\nBlessed Stefano S\u00e1ndor<\/strong>, religious, martyr <\/strong>(19 October 2013) \u2013 (Hungary)
\nBlessed Tito Zeman<\/strong>, priest, martyr <\/strong>(30 September 2017) \u2013 (Slovakia).<\/p>\n

VENERABLES (20)
\nVen. Andrea Beltrami<\/strong>, priest, (date of the Decree on heroic virtues: 15 December 1966) \u2013 (Italy)
\nVen. Teresa Vals\u00e8 Pantellini<\/strong>, virgin (12 July 1982) \u2013 (Italy)
\nVen. Dorotea Chopitea<\/strong>, laywoman (9 June 1983) \u2013 (Spain)
\nVen. Vincenzo Cimatti<\/strong>, priest (21 December 1991) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 Japan)
\nVen. Simone Srugi<\/strong>, religious (2 April 1993) \u2013 (Palestine)
\nVen. Rodolfo Komorek<\/strong>, priest (6 April 1995) \u2013 (Poland \u2013 Brazil)
\nVen. Luigi Olivares<\/strong>, bishop (20 December 2004) \u2013 (Italy)
\nVen. Margherita Occhiena<\/strong>, laywoman (23 October 2006) \u2013 (Italy)
\nVen. Giuseppe Quadrio<\/strong>, priest (19 December 2009) \u2013 (Italy)
\nVen. Laura Meozzi<\/strong>, virgin (27 June 2011) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 Poland)
\nVen. Attilio Giordani<\/strong>, layman (9 October 2013) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 Brazil)
\nVen. Giuseppe Augusto Arribat<\/strong>, priest (8 July 2014) \u2013 (France)
\nVen. Stefano Ferrando<\/strong>, bishop (3 March 2016) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 India)
\nVen. Francesco Convertini<\/strong>, priest (20 January 2017) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 India)
\nVen. Giuseppe Vandor<\/strong>, priest (20 January \u2013 2017) \u2013 (Hungary \u2013 Cuba)
\nVen. Ottavio Ortiz Arrieta Coya<\/strong>, bishop (27 February 2017) \u2013 (Peru)
\nVen. Augusto Hlond<\/strong>, cardinal (19 May 2018) \u2013 (Poland)
\nVen. Ignazio Stuchly<\/strong>, priest (21 December 2020) \u2013 (Czech Republic)
\nVen. Carlo Crespi Croci<\/strong>, priest (23 March 2023) \u2013 (Italy \u2013 Ecuador)
\nVen. Antonio De Almeida Lustosa<\/strong>, bishop (22 June 2023) \u2013 (Brazil)<\/p>\n

SERVANTS OF GOD (28)
\n<\/strong>The Causes are listed according to the state of advancement
\n<\/strong>
\nDecree of martyrdom:
\n<\/em>Giovanni \u015awierc<\/strong>, priest and 8 companions, martyrs<\/strong> (Poland)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Ignazio Dobiasz<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Francesco Harazim<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Casimiro Wojciechowski<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Ignazio Antonowicz<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Lodovico Mroczek<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Carlo Golda<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Vladimiro Szembek<\/strong>, priest
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Francesco Mi\u015bka<\/strong>, priest
\nDecree of martyrdom: 24 October 2025
\nDate of beatification: 6 June 2026<\/p>\n

Elia Comini<\/strong>, priest (Italy), martyr<\/strong>
\nDecree on martyrdom: 18 December 2024<\/p>\n

Positio examined by theologians:
\n<\/em>Costantino Vendrame<\/strong>, priest (Italy \u2013 India)
\nSpecial Congress of theologians: 23 January 2025<\/p>\n

Oreste Marengo<\/strong>, bishop (Italy \u2013 India)
\nSpecial Congress of theologians: 6 November 2025<\/p>\n

Rodolfo Lunkenbein<\/strong>, priest (Germany \u2013 Brazil) and Sim\u00e3o Bororo<\/strong>, layman (Brazil), martyrs<\/strong>
\nSpecial Congress of theologians: 20 November 2025<\/p>\n

The Positio has been submitted:
\n<\/em>Andrea Majcen<\/strong>, priest (Slovenia \u2013 China \u2013 Vietnam)
\nPositio submitted: 5 June 2025<\/p>\n

Vera Grita<\/strong>, laywoman (Italy)
\nPositio submitted: 17 October 2025<\/p>\n

The drafting of the Positio is in progress:
\n<\/em>Akash Bashir<\/strong>, layman, martyr<\/strong> (Pakistan)
\nValidity of the diocesan inquiry: 24 October 2024<\/p>\n

Cognata Giuseppe<\/strong>, bishop (Italy)
\nValidity of the diocesan inquiry: 11 January 2023<\/p>\n

Carlo Della Torre<\/strong>, priest (Italy \u2013 Thailand)
\nValidity of the diocesan inquiry: 1 April 2016<\/p>\n

Silvio Galli<\/strong>, priest (Italy)
\nValidity of the diocesan inquiry: 19 October 2022<\/p>\n

Antonino Baglieri<\/strong>, layman (Italy)
\nValidity of the diocesan inquiry: 8 January 2025<\/p>\n

Awaiting validity of the diocesan inquiry:
\n<\/em>Antonietta B\u00f6hm<\/strong>, virgin (Germany \u2013 Mexico)
\nClosure of the diocesan inquiry: 28 April 2024<\/p>\n

Luigi Bolla<\/strong>, priest (Italy \u2013 Ecuador \u2013 Peru)
\nClosure of the diocesan inquiry: 30 May 2025<\/p>\n

Rosetta Marchese<\/strong>, virgin (Italy)
\nClosure of the diocesan inquiry: 4 July 2025<\/p>\n

Causes temporarily suspended:
\n<\/em>Anna Maria Lozano<\/strong>, virgin (Colombia)
\nClosure of the diocesan inquiry: 19 June 2014<\/p>\n

Matilde Salem<\/strong>, laywoman (Syria)
\nOpening of the diocesan inquiry: 20 October 1995<\/p>\n

The diocesan inquiry is in progress:
\n<\/em>Carlo Braga<\/strong>, priest (Italy \u2013 China \u2013 Philippines)
\nOpening of the diocesan inquiry: 30 January 2014<\/p>\n

Gaetano Nicosia<\/strong>, priest (Italy \u2013 China)
\nNihil Obstat: 21 May 2025
\nOpening of the diocesan inquiry: 17 January 2026<\/p>\n

CAUSE EXTRA FOLLOWED BY THE POSTULATION (5)
\n<\/strong>
\nBlessed CAMILLO COSTA DE BEAUREGARD<\/strong>, priest (France)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>The Decree super virtutibus: 22 January 1991
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>Beatification: 17 May 2025
\nVenerable CASIMIRO BARELLO MORELLO<\/strong>, Franciscan tertiary (Italy \u2013 Spain)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>The Decree super virtutibus: 1 July 2000
\nVenerable GIOVANNI TYRANOWSKI<\/strong>, layman (Poland)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>The Decree super virtutibus: 20 January 2017
\nVenerable AUGUSTO BERTAZZONI<\/strong>, bishop (Italy)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>The Decree super virtutibus: 2 October 2019
\nVenerable FELICE CANELLI<\/strong>, priest (Italy)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>The Decree super virtutibus: 22 May 2021
\nIt is also fitting to recall the Saints, Blesseds, Venerables and Servants of God who, in different times and ways, encountered the Salesian charism, such as, for example: Blessed Edvige Carboni, the Servant of God Cardinal Giuseppe Guarino, the Venerable Salvo d’Acquisto, a former pupil, and many others.<\/p>\n

2. Events of 2025
\n– <\/strong>8 January 2025: juridical validity was granted to the diocesan inquiry for the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Antonino Baglieri<\/strong> (Modica 1 May 1951 – 2 March 2007), Layman, Volunteer with Don Bosco (CDB).
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>23 January 2025: the Special Congress of the Theological Consultors unanimously expressed a positive opinion regarding the heroic exercise of virtues, the reputation for holiness and of signs of the Servant of God Costantino Vendrame<\/strong> (1893-1957), Professed Priest of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, missionary in India.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>17 May 2025: in Chamb\u00e9ry (France), Beatification of the Venerable Servant of God Camillo Costa De Beauregard<\/strong>, diocesan priest, born in Chamb\u00e9ry, France, on 17 February 1841 and who died there on 25 March 1910. Representative of the Supreme Pontiff was Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to France.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>21 May 2025: the Holy See grants the Nihil Obstat<\/strong> for the opening of the Cause of the Servant of God Gaetano Nicosia<\/strong> (San Giovanni La Punta – Catania 3 April 1915 – Hong Kong (China) 6 November 2017), Professed Priest of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco, missionary in China.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>30 May 2025: Closure in Lima (Peru) of the diocesan inquiry of the Cause of Luigi Bolla<\/strong> (1932-2013), Salesian missionary among the Shuar and Achuar indigenous peoples of Ecuador and Peru.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>5 June 2025: submission of the Positio super Vita, Virtutibus et Fama Sanctitatis of the Servant of God Andrej Majcen <\/strong>(1904-1995), Salesian missionary in China and Vietnam.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>13 June 2025: during the Consistory, Pope Leo XIV decreed that Blessed Maria Troncatti<\/strong>, Professed Sister of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, be inscribed in the Roll of Saints on Sunday 19 October 2025.
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>4 July 2025: closure<\/strong>, at the Vicariate of Rome, of the diocesan phase of the inquiry for the beatification and canonization of the Servant of God Mother Rosetta Marchese<\/strong> (Aosta 20 October 1922 \u2013 Rome 8 March 1984), Daughter of Mary Help of Christians and Superior General of the FMA.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>15-18 July 2025 in Macas-Suc\u00faa (Ecuador): canonical recognition and conservative treatment of the relics of Blessed Maria Troncatti<\/strong> (1883-1969), Professed Sister of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>8-23 July 2025: in Cuenca (Ecuador), canonical recognition and conservative treatment of the mortal remains of the Venerable Carlo Crespi (1891-1982), Professed Priest of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>7 October 2025: during the Ordinary Session of Cardinals and Bishops, a favorable opinion was expressed regarding the martyrdom of the Servants of God Giovanni \u015awierc and VIII Companions<\/strong>, Professed Priests of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, killed in odium fidei in Nazi extermination camps in the years 1941-1942.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>17 October 2025: submission of the Positio super Vita, Virtutibus et Fama Sanctitatis of the Servant of God Vera Grita<\/strong> (1923-1969), Salesian Cooperator.
\n19 October 2025: canonization<\/strong> in Saint Peter\u2019s Square in Rome, by Pope Leo XIV, of Blessed Maria Troncatti<\/strong> (1883-1969), Daughter of Mary Help of Christians, missionary, mother, artisan of peace and reconciliation.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>24 October 2025: the Holy Father Leo XIV authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decree concerning the martyrdom of the Servants of God Jan \u015awierc and 8 Companions<\/strong>, professe priests of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco, killed between 1941 and 1942, in hatred of the faith, in the concentration camps of Auschwitz (Poland) and Dachau (Germany).
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>6 November 2025: during the Special Congress of the Theological Consultors, a unanimous positive opinion was expressed regarding the heroic exercise of virtues, the reputation for holiness and of signs of the Servant of God Oreste Marengo<\/strong> (1906-1998), Salesian bishop and missionary in North-East India.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>18 November 2025: by disposition of the Holy Father Leo XIV, the Rite of Beatification of the Venerable Servants of God Jan \u015awierc and 8 Companions will take place on 6 June 2026 in Krak\u00f3w<\/strong>. The Representative of the Supreme Pontiff will be His Eminence Card. Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – <\/strong>20 November: the majority of the Theological Consultors of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, during the Special Congress, gave an affirmative vote regarding the Positio super martyrio<\/em><\/strong> of the Servants of God Rodolfo Lunkenbein<\/strong>, Professed Priest of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, and Sim\u00e3o Bororo<\/strong>, Layman, killed in odium fidei on 15 July 1976 in the Salesian mission of Meruri (Brazil).<\/p>\n

3. In 2025 we remembered:
\n<\/strong>
\n1875 – 150<\/strong>
\n15 January 1875: Birth of Luigi Variara in Viarigi (Asti)
\n11 November: first missionary expedition
\nDon Guanella goes to don Bosco<\/p>\n

1900 – 125<\/strong>
\n30 March 1900: Death of Leonardo Murialdo in Turin
\n9 July 1900: Birth of Carlo Della Torre in Cernusco sul Naviglio (Milan)<\/p>\n

1925 – 100<\/strong>
\n11 February 1925 episcopal consecration of Msgr Antoni De Almeida Lustosa
\n14 April 1925: Alexandrina took to her bed, never to rise again,
\n3 May: beatification of Giuseppe Cafasso
\ndon Elia Comini enters the Salesian novitiate of Castel De\u2019 Britti<\/p>\n

1950 – 75
\n<\/strong>5 March 1950: Beatification of Domenico Savio by Pius XII in Rome<\/p>\n

2000 – 25<\/strong>
\n1 July: Venerability of Casimiro Barello
\n3 September: Beatification of Pio IX
\n1 October: Canonization of Versiglia \u2013 Caravario<\/p>\n

4. The commitment to spread knowledge, imitation and intercession of the members of our family candidates for holiness
\n<\/strong>
\nSuggestions for promoting a Cause.
\n<\/strong>
\n– To foster prayer through the intercession<\/strong> of the Blessed, Venerable Servant of God, by means of images (also relics ex indumentis<\/em>), leaflets, books\u2026 to be distributed in families, parishes, religious houses, spirituality centers, hospitals, in order to ask for the grace of miracles and favors through the intercession of the Blessed, Venerable Servant of God.
\n– It is particularly effective to spread the novena<\/strong> of the Blessed, Venerable Servant of God, invoking his\/her intercession in the various cases of material and spiritual need.
\nTwo formative elements are emphasized: the value of persistent and trusting prayer and that of communal prayer. We recall the biblical episode of Naaman the Syrian (2 Kgs 5:1-14), where we discern several elements: the indication of the man of God by a young girl, the injunction to bathe seven times in the Jordan, the indignant and resentful refusal, the wisdom and insistence of Naaman\u2019s servants, Naaman\u2019s obedience, the attainment not only of physical healing but of salvation. We also recall the description of the first community of Jerusalem, where it is stated: \u00abAll these were persevering and of one mind in prayer, together with some women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers\u00bb (Acts 1:14).
\n– It is recommended, each month on the day on which the date of death<\/strong> of the Blessed, (Venerable) Servant of God occurs, to provide for a moment of prayer and commemoration.
\n– To publish, on a quarterly or four-monthly basis, an Information Sheet<\/strong> that reports on the progress of the Cause, particular anniversaries and events, testimonies, graces\u2026 highlighting that the Cause is alive and accompanied.
\n– To organize once a year a Commemorative Day<\/strong>, highlighting particular aspects or anniversaries of the figure of the Blessed, (Venerable) Servant of God, involving groups that are particularly \u201cinterested\u201d in his\/her witness (for example priests, religious, young people, families, doctors, missionaries\u2026).
\n– To collect and document the graces and favors<\/strong> that are attributed to the Blessed, (Venerable) Servant of God. It is useful to have a notebook in which to record and note the graces requested and those received, as a testimony to both the reputation for holiness and for signs. In particular, if they concern healings and\/or alleged miracles, it is important to urgently collect all the medical documentation that proves the case and the evidence that attests to the intercession.
\n– To establish a Committee committed<\/strong> to promoting such a Cause also in view of Beatification and Canonization. Members of such a Committee should be persons particularly sensitive to the promotion of the Cause: representatives of the diocese and parish of origin, leaders of groups and associations, doctors (for the study of alleged miracles), historians, theologians and experts in spirituality\u2026
\n– To promote knowledge through the drafting of the biography, the critical edition of writings <\/em>and other multimedia productions.
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Periodically to present the figure of the Blessed, (Venerable) Servant of God in the Parish Bulletin and in the diocesan newspaper, in the Salesian Bulletin<\/strong>.
\n– To have a website or a dedicated link<\/strong> for the Blessed, (Venerable) Servant of God with his\/her life, data and news related to the Cause of Beatification and Canonization, requests for prayers, reporting of graces…
\n– To review and reorder the environments<\/strong> where he\/she lived. To organize an exhibition space.<\/strong> To develop a spiritual itinerary in his\/her footsteps<\/strong>, enhancing places (birthplace, church, living environments\u2026) and signs.
\n– To organize an archive <\/strong>with all the catalogued and computerized documentation relating to the Blessed, (Venerable) Servant of God.
\n– To create an economic fund<\/strong> to support both the expenses of the Postulation of the Cause and the work of promotion and animation of the Cause itself.
\n– To promote works of charity and education<\/strong> in the name of the Blessed, (Venerable) Servant of God, through projects, twinnings\u2026<\/p>\n

5. Particular attention to alleged miracles!
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – To care for our \u201ctheological\u201d gaze in order to grasp the miracles that occur every day in our life and around us.
\n– To pray and have others pray for the various cases that arise and to ask that, through the intercession of a Servant of God or Venerable or Blessed, the Lord may intervene with his grace and work not only a miracle objectively concerning bodily health, but also a true and sincere conversion.
\n– To help people better understand what a \u201cdemonstrable\u201d miracle is and what it is for in a Cause of canonization, showing not only the scientific, medical aspect but also the theological one.
\n– To appoint a person in charge to whom graces and alleged miracles may be communicated and reported. Following a Cause to certify a miracle is a very great commitment for a promoter who must demonstrate a true love for the Servant of God.
\n– To awaken awareness that we must have greater faith in the intercession of our saints.
\n– To communicate when a grace is being requested so as to unite ourselves in prayer. Never tire of praying.
\n– To follow more closely and personally the people to whom material is given (novenas, holy cards, etc.) and to choose carefully also the places where this is done.
\n– It is important to sensitize the faithful to continuous prayer supported by great faith and disposed always to accept the will of God. We can learn by looking at the life and sufferings lived by our saints.
\n– Beyond prayers, it is important to be close with our presence to families who have serious problems and to give them some relic.
\n– In the case of an alleged miracle, it is necessary to proceed rigorously using a scientific methodology in collecting evidence, testimonies, medical opinions, etc., and possibly arranging all the information in chronological sequence.<\/p>\n

A miracle is composed of two essential elements: the scientific and the theological. The second, however, presupposes the first.<\/p>\n

It is necessary to prepare
\n<\/em><\/strong>1. A brief and accurate report on the particular circumstances that characterized the case; this consists of a chronological description of all the elements of the prodigious event, both those concerning the scientific element and the theological one. The chronological description includes: personal details of the healed person; symptoms of the illness, chronology of medical-scientific events; indication of the decisive moments of the healing, clarification of the diagnosis and prognosis of the case, highlighting all investigations carried out. To outline the therapy followed, to illustrate the manner of healing, namely when the last assessment before the healing was carried out, the completeness of the healing, presented in very detailed form, and the permanence of the healing.<\/p>\n

2. A list of texts that may contribute to the search for the truth of the case (the healed person, relatives, doctors, nurses, people who prayed\u2026);<\/p>\n

3. All documents relating to the case. For alleged miraculous healings, medical, clinical and instrumental documents are required (e.g., medical records, medical reports, laboratory tests and instrumental investigations).<\/p>\n

5. Initial discernment before initiating a cause
\n<\/strong>
\nFirst of all, it is necessary, on the part of the Provincial and his Council or of the Superior or Responsible of a group, to investigate and document with the utmost diligence the fama sanctitatis et signorum<\/em> of the candidate and the relevance of the Cause, in order to verify the truth of the facts and the consequent formation of a well-founded moral certainty. Furthermore, it is essential that the Cause in question involve a significant and meaningful portion of the People of God and not be the intention only of some group, or even of some individual. All this entails a more motivated and documented initial discernment, in order to avoid dispersion of energies, forces, time and resources.
\nIt is then fundamental to identify the right person (Vice Postulator) who takes the Cause to heart and has the time and possibility to follow it through all its stages.
\nIt must also be remembered that initiating and pursuing a Cause requires a considerable investment of resources in terms of personnel and financial contributions.<\/p>\n

Conclusion
\n<\/strong>The holiness recognized, or in the process of being recognized, on the one hand is already the realization of evangelical radicality and fidelity to the apostolic project of don Bosco, to be regarded as a spiritual and pastoral resource; on the other hand it is a provocation to live one\u2019s vocation faithfully in order to be available to bear witness to love unto the extreme. Our Saints, Blesseds, Venerables and Servants of God are the authentic incarnation of the Salesian charism and of the Constitutions or Regulations of our Institutes and Groups across time and in the most diverse situations, overcoming that worldliness and spiritual superficiality which undermine our credibility and fruitfulness at their root. Saints are true mystics of the primacy of God in the generous gift of self, prophets of evangelical fraternity, servants of their brothers and sisters with creativity.<\/p>\n

The journey of holiness is a path to be made together, in the company of the saints. Holiness is experienced together and is reached together. Saints are always in company: where there is one, we always find many others. Everyday holiness makes communion flourish and is a \u201crelational\u201d generator. Holiness is nourished by relationships, by trust, by communion. Truly, as the liturgy of the Church makes us pray in the Preface of the Saints: \u00abIn their lives you offer us an example, in their intercession a help, in their communion of grace a bond of fraternal love. Strengthened by their witness, we face the good fight of faith, to share beyond death the same crown of glory\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Fr. Pierluigi CAMERONI SDB,
\nGeneral Postulator for the Causes of Saints
\n<\/em>Rome, 31 December 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

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