This morning, at 9.00, in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Francis presided over the celebration of Terce and the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Canonization of Blesseds:

- Manuel Ruiz López and seven companions, of the Order of Friars Minor, and Francis, Abdel Mohti and Raphael Massabki, lay faithful, martyrs;

- Giuseppe Allamano, priest, founder of the Institutes of Consolata Missionaries and the Consolata Missionary Sisters;

- Marie-Léonie Paradis (née Virginie Alodie), founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family;

- Elena Guerra, founder of the Congregation of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit, known as the “Sisters of Saint Zita”;

- Carlo Acutis, lay faithful.

During the Consistory, the Pope decreed that Blesseds Manuel Ruiz López and seven companions and Francis, Abdel Mohti and Raphael Massabki, Giuseppe Allamano, Marie-Léonie Paradis and Elena Guerra be inscribed in the Book of Saints on Sunday 20 October 2024, whereas Blessed Carlo Acutis will be inscribed in the Book of Saints on a date yet to be announced.

This was followed by the Optatio of three Cardinals from the Order of Deacons to the Order of Presbyters:

- upon request by Cardinal James Michael Harvey, the deaconry of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna has been elevated pro hac vice to a presbyteral Title;

- upon request by Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, the deaconry of Sant’Agnese in Agone has been elevated pro hac vice to a presbyteral Title.