Vatican City (Vatican), 24 October (LaPresse) – This morning, Pope Leo XIV received the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, and authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning "the martyrdom of the servants of God Jan Swierc and eight companions, professed priests of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco, killed between 1941 and 1942 out of hatred for the faith in the concentration camps of Auschwitz (Poland) and Dachau (Germany); the martyrdom of the Servants of God Jan Bula and Vaclav Drbola, diocesan priests, killed in hatred of the faith between 1951 and 1952, in Jihlava (then Czechoslovakia); the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Angelo Angioni, diocesan priest, Founder of the Missionary Institute of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, born on 14 January 1915 in Bortigali (Italy) and died on 15 September 2008 in José Bonifacio (Brazil); the heroic virtues of the Servant of God José Merino Andrés, professed priest of the Order of Preachers, born on 23 April 1905 in Madrid (Spain) and died on 6 December 1968 in Palencia (Spain); the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Gioacchino della Regina della Pace (born Leone Ramognino), professed religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, born on 12 February 1890 in Sassello (Italy) and died on 25 August 1985 in Varazze (Italy); the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Evangelista Quintero Malfaz (born Maria), professed nun of the Cistercian Order, born on 6 January 1591 in Cigales (Spain) and died on 27 November 1648 in Casarrubios del Monte (Spain). This was announced by the Holy See Press Office.
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