Five People Now a Step Closer to Sainthood
Pope Francis has authorised decrees that give the Church four new Blesseds, representing the continents of South America and Europe, and highlighting their service to the poor, to the nations and to young people.
Pope Francis took three men and two women a step closer to sainthood as he authorised the promulgation of five decrees. The candidates are from Argentina, Germany, Venezuela. Italy and Mexico.
The decrees related to three miracles, a martyrdom and another on heroic virtues.
Fr Francis Jordan
The decrees include a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Servant of God Franziskus Maria of the Cross (nee Johann Baptist Jordan), priest and founder of the Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians) and of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Saviour. He was born on 16 June 1848 in Gurtweil, Waldshut-Tiengen (Germany) and died on 8 September 1918 in Tafers, Fribourg (Switzerland).
Miracle Attributed to Fr Francis Jordan
A young couple expecting a baby in 2014 in Jundiai Brazil, was informed by several medical doctors and specialists that their unborn child was suffering an incurable bone disease (skeletal dysplasia). Being members of a group of Lay Salvatorians, the parents began to pray through the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God, Fr Francis Jordan, inviting other members of the Salvatorian Family to join them. The child was born in a completely healthy condition on 8 September 2014, the day of Fr Francis Jordan´s anniversary of death. After the required canonical procedures had been successfully completed, Pope Francis declared that this miraculous healing was worked by God through the intercession of Fr Francis Jordan.
Towards Beatification
The declaration by Pope Francis opens the way for the beatification of Fr Francis Jordan.
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