VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis has moved six candidates for sainthood closer to canonization.
In a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the pope signed decrees Feb. 23 recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of an Italian religious sister and the heroic virtues of five others: two laywomen, two priests and a religious woman.
The process for being proclaimed a saint includes a study of the candidate s life and writings to d