Congregation for the Processes of Beatification and Canonization

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Basic data
Surname: Congregation for the Processes of Beatification and Canonization
(S. Congregatio de Causis Sanctorum)
Seat: Palazzo delle Congregazioni
Piazza Pio XII, 10
00193 Roma
Cardinal Prefect : Giovanni Angelo Cardinal Becciu
(since 2018)
Secretary: Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci
(since 2010)
Undersecretary: Bogusław Turek CSMA
(since 2010)

The Congregation for the Causes of Saints ( Latin: S. Congregatio de Causis Sanctorum ) is a dicastery of the Roman Curia with the task of examining and preparing the beatifications and canonizations .

Foundation and history

With the Constitution Immensa Aeterni Dei of January 22, 1588, Pope Sixtus V established the Congregation for Sacred Rites . It was her job to set standards for the practice of worship and to carry out the beatification and canonization processes. Pope Paul VI With the apostolic constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio of May 8, 1969, the previous Congregation for Rites was divided into two separate dicasteries , one with responsibility for divine services and another with responsibility for beatifications and canonizations.

Since the Renaissance , extensive documentation of the entire process of beatification or canonization has been produced , most of which were published by the Vatican printer, the Reverendissima Camera Apostolica Vaticana in Rome.

The apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister Pope John Paul II , published on January 25, 1983, reorganized the implementation of the canonization process. It assigns the diocesan bishops the task of making inquiries in their field on the life, veneration, virtues or martyrdom of persons who have died in the reputation of holiness. The constitution regulates the tasks and responsibilities of the staff of the congregation and those involved in the process of beatification or canonization.

Since the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. Beatifications are no longer carried out by the Pope, but - as was usual until 1975 - by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and normally in the diocese that carried out the beatification process. The canonizations, through which veneration is granted in the universal Church, are performed by the Pope.

Members

In addition to the prefect, the congregation itself consists of 18 cardinals, six archbishops and eight bishops, who are usually appointed by the Pope for five years each. The Pope also appoints advisers to the congregation. On December 19, 2013, Pope Francis named the members of the Congregation as follows:

Cardinal Prefect

Cardinals

Archbishops

Bishops

Theologians

Prefects

Giovanni Angelo Becciu , Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Secretaries

Consultors (selection)

  • Nicoletta Vittoria Spezzati (since 2020)
  • Bernard Dompnier (since 2020)
  • Pierantonio Piatti (since 2020)
  • Matteo Nacci (since 2020)
  • Giselda Adornato (since 2020)
  • Simona Negruzzo (since 2020)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Declaration by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on the new procedural rules for the ceremony of beatifications. from September 29, 2005 on vatican.va.
  2. ^ Conferme nella Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 19, 2013 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Bollettino. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, September 12, 2014, accessed September 12, 2014 (Italian).
  4. ^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Bollettino. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, September 26, 2015, accessed September 26, 2015 (Italian).
  5. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 17, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  6. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 3, 2016, accessed December 3, 2016 (Italian).
  7. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione della Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 1, 2017, accessed July 1, 2017 (Italian).
  8. ↑ a b c d Nomine di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 14, 2018, accessed April 14, 2018 (Italian).
  9. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 27, 2019, accessed April 27, 2019 (Italian).
  10. ^ Nomine presso la Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 1, 2020, accessed February 1, 2020 (Italian).
  11. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 12, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 (Italian).
  12. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 21, 2017, accessed October 21, 2017 (Italian).
  13. ↑ a b Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 11, 2018, accessed January 11, 2018 (Italian).
  14. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 15, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 (Italian).
  15. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 5, 2014
  16. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 4, 2019, accessed November 4, 2019 (Italian).
  17. ↑ a b c d Nomine in Vaticano per la Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. acistampa, February 1, 2020, accessed February 1, 2020 (Italian).
  18. ↑ Dicasteries of the Roman Curia temporarily confirmed. Vatican Radio , March 16, 2013
  19. ^ Nomina di Consultori della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , August 1, 2020, accessed August 1, 2020 (Italian).