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 to promulgate the Decrees regarding:

- The miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis (née Virginia Elodia), founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family; born in L’Acadie, Canada, on 12 May 1840, and died in Sherbrooke, Canada, on 3 May 1912;

- The martyrdom of the Servant of God Michał Rapacz, diocesan priest; born on 14 September 1904 in Tenczyn, Poland, and killed in hatred of the faith on 12 May 1946 near Płoki, Poland;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian, of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, titular bishop of Acilisene; born probably on 25 June 1881 in Erzerum, Turkey, and died on 20 September 1972 in Rome, Italy;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Sebastián Gili Vives, diocesan priest, founder of the Congregation of the Augustinian Daughters of Help; born on 16 January 1811 in Artá, Spain, and died in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on 11 September 1894;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Gianfranco Maria Chiti, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born on 6 May 1921 in Gignese, Italy, and died in Rome, Italy, on 20 November 2004;

- The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maddalena di Santa Teresa di Gesù Bambino (née Maddalena Rosa Volpato), professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Church; born on 24 July 1918 in Sant’Alberto di Zero Branco, Italy, and died on 28 May 1946 in Venice, Italy.