Pope approves canonizations, but doesn't set date because of pandemic
May 3, 2021 catholic news service
Pope Francis listens as Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, speaks during an "ordinary public consistory" for the approval of the canonization of seven new saints, at the Vatican May 3, 2021. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.)
The sainthood causes of seven men and women -- including the hermit Blessed Charles de Foucauld and the Indian martyr Devasahayam Pillai -- cleared their final hurdle May 3 during an "ordinary public consistory," a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.