Pedro Calungsod was a 17th century teenage catechist of the
Jesuit mission in the Marianas. On
April 2, 1672 he was killed for his faith together with Bl. Diego San Luis
Vitoris, SJ in Guam. The canonization process for Pedro Calungsod started on
June 25, 1998. On March 5, 2000 he
was declared a "beatus".
On December 19, 2011 a miracle through his intercession was approved.
"Dear brothers and sisters, pray that [the new
cardinals'] lives will always reflect the Lord Jesus, our sole Shepherd and
Teacher, Source of every hope, Who points out the path to everyone. And pray
also for me, that I may continually offer to the People of God the witness of
sound doctrine and guide holy Church with a firm and humble hand."
Following his homily the Pope pronounced the the formula of
creation of the new cardinals, their names and the diaconate or presbyteral
order to which they have been assigned. The new cardinals then recited the
Creed and swore their faithfulness and obedience to the Pope and his
successors. They then received their biretta and ring from the hands of the
Pope who also assigned them their title or diaconate.
Following the ceremony Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect
of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, introduced the ordinary public
consistory for the canonisation of the following blesseds:
Jacques Berthieu,
French martyr and priest of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
Pedro Calungsod,
Filipino lay catechist and martyr
Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Italian priest
and founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth and of the
Congregation of the Humble Sister Servants of the Lord
Maria del Carmen (nee Maria
Salles y Barangueras), Spanish foundress of the Conceptionist Missionary
Sisters of Teaching
Maria Anna Cope (nee Barbara), German religious of the
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Syracuse U.S.A.
Kateri
Tekakwitha, American laywoman, and Anna Schaffer, German laywoman.
The Holy
Father has decreed that the canonisation ceremony will take place on Sunday 21
October. The consistory concluded with the apostolic blessing.
(Source: Vatican Information Service report: New Cardinals Must Love God, The Church and Their Fellow Men- 18/2/2012)
(Source: Vatican Information Service report: New Cardinals Must Love God, The Church and Their Fellow Men- 18/2/2012)
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