Two 20th century Italians advance on the path to sainthood
St. Peter’s Basilica. Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA. Vatican City, Jan 21, 2021 / 04:49 pm (CNA).- Two Italian contemporaries, a young priest who resisted the Nazis and was shot dead, and a seminarian who died at age 15 from tuberculosis, are both closer to being declared saints. Pope Francis advanced the beatification causes of Fr. Giovanni Fornasini and Pasquale Canzii Jan. 21, together with six other men and women. Pope Francis declared Giovanni Fornasini, who was assassinated by a Nazi off...
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