The Catholic Weekly

Sydney
10 March 2002

Dates set for saints

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Dates set for saints

They are witnesses and intercessors of God’s love for the 21st century; seven men and two women whose dates for canonisation have been set by Pope John Paul II and cardinals.

Among them are the Mexican visionary Juan Diego (illustrated above), Italian Capuchin Padre Pio and the founder of Opus Dei, Fr Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer.

Bl Padre Pio will be the first to be declared a saint on June 16; Bl Juan Diego will be canonised on July 30 and Bl Josemaria Escriva on October 6.

The Holy Father has said that the saints have always been the source and origin of renewal throughout the Church’s history. And as Bl Padre Pio, Bl Josemarie Escriva and Brazilian nun, Bl Paulina do Coracao, lived in the last century, they especially are relevant as models of holiness in today’s world.