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Catholic World News: Confirmed: canonization for Father Damien

Catholic World News is confirming that at a July 3 private audience with Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Benedict XVI approved a series of decrees concerning candidates for beatification and canonization . Blessed Damien of Molokai was approved for canonization. The parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, Ludovico Martin and Maria Zelia Guerin Martin, will be beatified.