During the audience granted to His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decrees regarding:

- The miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Edoardo Francesco Pironio, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, born in Nueve de Julio, Argentina, on 3 December 1920 and died in Rome, Italy, on 5 February 1998;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Giuseppe Marrazzo, professed priest of the Congregation of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus; born on 5 May 1917 in San Vito dei Normanni, Italy, and died on 30 November 1992 in Messina, Italy;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Eliswa of the Blessed Virgin Mary (née Eliswa Vakayil), founder of the Congregation of the Third Order of the Descalced Carmelites, now the Teresian Carmelite Sisters; born on 15 October 1831 in Ochanthuruth, India, and died on 18 July 1913 in Varapuzha, India;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Francesca Foresti (née Eleonora), founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters Adorers; born on 17 February 1898 in Bologna, Italy, and died on 12 November 1953 in Ozzano Emilia, Italy.