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

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Oreste Marengo, of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco (Salesians), titular bishop of Arsacal, formerly apostolic administrator of Tura, born on 29 August 1906 in Diano d’Alba, Italy, and died on 30 July 1998 in Tura, India;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Friedrich Kaiser Depel, first prelate of the territorial prelature of Caravelí, titular bishop of Berrea, of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus, Word and Victim, born on 24 May 1903 in Dülmen, Germany, and died on 26 September 1993 in Lima, Peru;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Domenico Pogliani, diocesan priest, founder of the Holy Family Institute, born on 18 December 1838 in Milan, Italy, and died on 25 July 1921 in Arizzano, Italy;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Alessandro Vitetti, diocesan priest, born on 12 October 1915 in Cirò, Italy, and died on 24 February 1995 in Cariati, Italy;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Daniele di San Giovanni Rotondo (né Michele Natale), professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born on 11 March 1919 in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, and died there on 6 July 1994;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Margarita Bavosi, known as “Luminosa”, lay faithful, consecrated member of the Work of Mary (Focolare Movement), born on 19 September 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died on 7 March 1985 in Albano Laziale, Italy.