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 Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of 15, offering his suffering for the pope and for the Church, was among four laypeople whose heroic virtues were recognized by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Thursday.
Pope Francis authorized the congregation to promulgate the decree July 5, which advances Acutis' cause and names him Venerable.
Acutis was born in London May 3, 1991, to Italian parents who soon returned to Milan. He was a pious child, attending daily Mass, frequently praying the rosary, and making weekly confessions.
Exceptionally gifted in working with computers, Acutis developed a website which catalogued Eucharistic miracles. This website was the genesis of The Eucharistic Miracles of the World, an international exhibition which highlights such occurrences.
Acutis died of leukemia in Monza, near Milan, Oct. 12, 2006.
Acutis stated that “To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan. I'm happy to die because I've lived my life without wasting even a minute of it doing things that wouldn't have pleased God.”
He also said that “our aim has to be the infinite and not the finite. The Infinite is our homeland. We have always been expected in Heaven,” and he called the Eucharist “my highway to heaven.”
Abbot Michelangelo Tiribilli, the then-Abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Montel Oliveto Maggiore, wrote in the foreword to a biography of Acutis that “By looking at this adolescent as one of them and as someone who was captivated by the love of Christ, which enabled him to experience pure joy, [today's adolescents] will be in contact with an experience of life that doesn't take anything away from the richness of their teenage years, but which actually makes them more valuable.”

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To always be close to Jesus was Carlos' life plan. I think we should make that our life plan.

Dozens of witnesses have already been heard as part of the beatification process for murdered French priest, Jacques Hamel, with the diocesan phase expected to conclude its investigation by the end of the year.
Eighty-five-year-old Father Jacques Hamel was knifed to death by Islamist militants July 26, 2016 while celebrating Mass at St. Etienne du Rouvray in Normandy, northern France. The priest belonged to the Archdiocese of Rouen.
The process for the beatification of Father Hamel began in 2017 following the Vatican’s Congregation for the Cause of Saints rescript granting “dispensation” from the five-year delay traditionally required.
The life of Father Jacques Hamel was “very impressive,” said Father Paul Vigouroux, the postulator for the beatification of the αssαssιnαtҽd priest.
Father Vigouroux, who also comes from the Archdiocese of Rouen, did not know Father Hamel personally but has learned to appreciate the latter’s life of prayer since he began to study the case in May 2017.
In fact, an in depth investigation of the holiness of a candidate’s life forms the first step in the process.

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Father Jacques Hamel's beatification process progressing well
The first phase of the investigation undertaken by the Archdiocese of Rouen is expected to be completed by the end of 2018
Julien Tranié
 France
July 26, 2018

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Portrait of Father Jacques Hamel in the church of St. Étienne du Rouvray where he was killed on July 26, 2016. (Photo by Michael Bunel/Ciric) 
Dozens of witnesses have already been heard as part of the beatification process for murdered French priest, Jacques Hamel, with the diocesan phase expected to conclude its investigation by the end of the year.
Eighty-five-year-old Father Jacques Hamel was knifed to death by Islamist militants July 26, 2016 while celebrating Mass at St. Etienne du Rouvray in Normandy, northern France. The priest belonged to the Archdiocese of Rouen.
The process for the beatification of Father Hamel began in 2017 following the Vatican’s Congregation for the Cause of Saints rescript granting “dispensation” from the five-year delay traditionally required.
The life of Father Jacques Hamel was “very impressive,” said Father Paul Vigouroux, the postulator for the beatification of the αssαssιnαtҽd priest.
Father Vigouroux, who also comes from the Archdiocese of Rouen, did not know Father Hamel personally but has learned to appreciate the latter’s life of prayer since he began to study the case in May 2017.
In fact, an in depth investigation of the holiness of a candidate’s life forms the first step in the process.
“We have not stopped for more than a year,” Father Vigouroux said.
“The diocesan investigation, which covers three areas, should be complete by the end of 2018,” he said.
The tribunal established for this purpose includes a priest delegated as a judge by the archbishop of Rouen, a promoter of justice, namely a monk from the Abbey of Saint Wandrille, plus three volunteer lay “notaries,” who play the role of recorders.
Testimony has already been gathered from 48 witnesses to Father Hamel’s life, including those present at his assassination, from an anticipated total of nearly 65 witnesses. Members of Father Hamel’s family will also be interviewed in a series of hearings, each of which takes from two to three hours.
More than 600 homilies by Father Hamel
The second step of the process is the establishment of a six member “archive commission,” which is responsible for the major task of gathering all the docuмents relating to Father Hamel’s life, said Father Vigouroux.
This commission has now almost completed this work and is expected to present its report in autumn.
The third and final research task requires gathering all of Father Hamel’s writings. In this case, however, “no official writings exist and we have not found any private writings,” said Father Vigouroux.
However, he and his team have located nearly 600 homilies drafted by Father Hamel “in the form of extensive notes.”
After transcription, two theologians will study “the theological aspects” of Father Hamel’s thought as revealed by the notes.
In light of the progress to date, Father Vigouroux is optimistic that the diocesan process will be completed rapidly.
“Based on where we are now, we expect to finish by Dec. 31,” he said.
Transfer of the file to Rome
Once the initial investigation is over, the postulator and promoter of justice set aside a period for reflection and discernment before deciding whether to conclude the process or to further research Father Hamel’s life.
They will then need another two to three months to copy the relevant docuмents, before binding them and affixing the bishop’s wax seal, marking the conclusion of the diocesan phase of the beatification process.
The file will then be sent to Rome where the Congregation for the Causes of Saints will examine the material and prepare a report for the pope advising whether or not to declare Father Hamel as a martyr, enabling his beatification.
The Catholic Church recognizes a deeply divine dimension in a martyr’s death, which recalls the mystery of the cross of Christ, as in the case of Father Hamel’s death.

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Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri, a Spanish member of Opus Dei who is moving toward beatification, teaches us that sanctity can be found amidst chemistry books and classrooms, said a priest leading her cause.
Spanish priest Fr. José Carlos Martinez de la Hoz, who is responsible for the canonization causes of Opus Dei members in Spain, said that Guadalupe’s life contains a simple message: “Holiness is in the ordinary.”
“She became holy giving chemistry classes, being a good professor, and this tells the rest of us that we can achieve the same in an ordinary life,” he reflected.
“Guadalupe lived dedicated to her chemistry students, dedicated to souls and especially her mother who died a half hour after her. She lived dedicated to God and others, despite her serious heart disease which at the end of her life really slowed her down.”
In June, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to publish the decree approving on a miracle attributed to Guadalupe’s intercession.
The miracle involved a 76-year-old man suffering from a malignant skin tumor near his eye. After praying to Guadalupe in 2002, the tumor instantaneously and inexplicably disappeared.
In addition to this recognized miracle, Martinez de la Hoz said “there are many favors from people who start to lose hope and Guadalupe has given them back peace, thanks to the patience that she had.”
Guadalupe was born in Madrid in 1916. She studied chemical sciences and was one of five women in her graduating class.
She met St. Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, in early 1944. According to Martinez de la Hoz, “one Sunday in 1944 when she was at Mass in the church of the Conception on Goya Street in Madrid, she became distracted and heard the voice of God inside telling her that although she had a boyfriend, he had something else prepared for her. She left Mass impacted by this and knew that was God's call.”
“On the tram going back home after Mass, she met Jesús Hernando de Pablos, a family friend, and she asked him if he knew of any priest she could talk with. He gave her St. Josemaría's contacts and she started to go to him for spiritual direction,” the priest told ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language sister agency.
St. Josemaría Escrivá taught her that Christ can be found in professional work and ordinary life.
“I had the clear sensation that God was speaking to me through that priest,” Guadalupe would later say.
Martinez de la Hoz noted that “when Guadalupe discovered her vocation at 23, she had a boyfriend, was a chemistry teacher and lived with her mother. From that time on, she was in good spirits because of the intimate conviction of doing what God wants.”
On March 19, 1944, Guadalupe joined Opus Dei as a numerary, committing to celibacy and complete availability for the work of the prelature. Numeraries normally live in an Opus Dei center. However, she did not go to live at a center, but settled into an apartment with her mother, who needed care due to her advanced age.
During her first years as an Opus Dei member, Guadalupe worked primarily in the Christian formation of young people in Madrid and Bilbao. She was later sent to Mexico to begin the apostolic work of Opus Dei there.
In 1956, she settled in Rome, where she worked with St. Josemaría in the administration of Opus Dei. After two years, because of health reasons, she moved back to Spain, where she again took up teaching and scientific research. She then finished her doctoral thesis in chemistry.
Martinez de la Hoz said that what stood out about Guadalupe was “her smile, her good humor, her laughter...She was a woman who preferred to not dwell on the negative, and who completely trusted in God.”
The priest emphasized that what really brought Guadalupe to sanctity was her patience as a chemistry professor.
At the same time, she continued to work in Christian formation in Opus Dei. In all her actions, she reflected her strong desire to love God in her work, her friendship and with a deep joy that radiated peace and serenity, he said.
Guadalupe died of heart disease in Pamplona, Spain on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in 1975. She was 59 years old and at the time of her death held a reputation of sanctity. Favors attributed to her intercession were quickly reported.
Her beatification cause was begun in the Archdiocese of Madrid in 2001, and was sent on to Rome in 2006.

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