Pier Giorgio Frassati could be canonized during 2025 Jubilee, cardinal says
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Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches "to the heights." / Public DomainVatican City, Apr 27, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati could be declared a saint during the Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee Year, according to the head of the Vatican's office for saints' causes.Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, announced at Catholic Action's national assembly in Sacrofano, Italy on April 26 that Frassati's canonization is "on the horizon." "I would like to tell you that the canonization of Blessed Piergiorgio Frassati is now clearly on the horizon and is in sight for the coming Jubilee Year," the cardinal said according to Avvenire, the official newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference.Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthu...
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches "to the heights." / Public Domain
Vatican City, Apr 27, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati could be declared a saint during the Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee Year, according to the head of the Vatican's office for saints' causes.
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, announced at Catholic Action's national assembly in Sacrofano, Italy on April 26 that Frassati's canonization is "on the horizon."
"I would like to tell you that the canonization of Blessed Piergiorgio Frassati is now clearly on the horizon and is in sight for the coming Jubilee Year," the cardinal said according to Avvenire, the official newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference.
Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches "to the heights."
The young man from the northern Italian city of Turin was an avid mountaineer and third order Dominican known for his charitable outreach.
At the age of 17, he joined the St. Vincent de Paul Society and dedicated much of his spare time to taking care of the poor, the homeless, and the sick, as well as demobilized servicemen returning from World War I.
Frassati was also involved in the Apostleship of Prayer and Catholic Action. He obtained permission to receive daily Communion.
On a photograph of what would be his last climb, Frassati wrote the phrase, "Verso L'Alto," which means "to the heights." This phrase has become a motto for Catholics inspired by Frassati to strive for the summit of eternal life with Christ.
Frassati died of polio on July 4, 1925. His doctors later speculated that the young man had caught polio while serving the sick.
John Paul II, who beatified Frassati in 1990, called him a "man of the eight beatitudes," describing him as "entirely immersed in the mystery of God and totally dedicated to the constant service of his neighbor."
To be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church, a miracle attributed to Frassati's intercession will need to be officially recognized in a decree signed by the pope. Pope Francis usually signs these types of decrees when he meets with Cardinal Semeraro.
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