Yesterday, 21 December 2020, the Holy Father Francis received in audience His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the audience, the Supreme Pontiff authorised the same Congregation to promulgate the decrees regarding:

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God Rosario Angelo Livatino, lay faithful; born on 3 October 1952 in Canicattì, and killed in hatred of the faith on the road from Canicattì tvo Agrigento, Italy, on 21 September 1990;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Vasco de Quiroga, bishop of Michoacán; born around 1470 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain, and died in Pátzcuaro, Mexico on 14 March 1565;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Bernardino PIccinelli (né Dino), of the Order of Servants of Mary, titular bishop of Gaudiaba and auxiliary of Ancona; born on 24 January 1905 in Madonna dei Fornelli, hamlet of San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, and died in Ancona, Italy on 1 October 1984;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Antonio Vicente González Suárez, diocesan priest; born on 5 April 1817 in Agüimes, Spain and died in Las Palmas, Spain on 22 June 1851;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Antonio Seghezzi, diocesan priest; born on 25 August 1906 in Premolo, Italy and died in Dachau, Germany on 21 May 1945;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Bernardo Antonini, diocesan priest; born on 20 October 1932 in Cimego, Italy and died in Karaganda, Kazakhstan on 27 March 2002;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Ignác Stuchlý, professed priest of the Society of St. Francis de Sales; born on 14 December 1869 in Bolesław, now Poland, and died in Lukov, Czech Republic on 17 January 1953;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Rosa Staltari, professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Most Holy, Co-Redemptrix; born on 3 May 1951 in Antonimina, Italy, and died in Palermo, Italy on 4 January 1974.