VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 110   
   DATE 13-06-2014   
      
   Summary:   
   - AUDIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NORMS FOR THE   
   NATURALISATION OF IMMIGRANTS   
   - DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS   
   - AUDIENCES   
   - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
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    AUDIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NORMS FOR THE   
   NATURALISATION OF IMMIGRANTS   
    Vatican City, 13 June 2014 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican Apostolic   
   Palace, Pope Francis received in audience the president of the Dominican   
   Republic, Danilo Medina Sanchez, who subsequently met with Cardinal Secretary   
   of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Archbishop Dominic Mamberti, secretary   
   for Relations with States.   
    During the cordial discussions, satisfaction was expressed for the good   
   relations between the Dominican Republic and the Holy See, and emphasis was   
   placed on the valuable social contribution the Church offers to the country,   
   especially in the sectors of education, healthcare and charity.   
    The conversation then turned to various matters of national and regional   
   interest, in particular the recent provisions intended to facilitate the   
   process of naturalisation of immigrants in the Country.   
      
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    DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS   
    Vatican City, 13 June 2014 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon the Holy Father   
   received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation   
   for the Causes of Saints. During the audience he authorised the promulgation   
   of decrees concerning the following causes:   
    MIRACLES   
    - Venerable Servant of God Louis-Edouard Cestac, French diocesan priest,   
   founder of the Servants of Mary (1801-1868).   
    - Venerable Servant of God Irene Stefani (nee Aurelia Giacomina Mercedes),   
   Italian professed nun of the Consolata Missionary Sisters (1891-1930).   
    HEROIC VIRTUES   
    - Servant of God Luigi Savare, Italian diocesan priest (1878-1949).   
    - Servant of God Eugenio Reffo, Italian professed priest and co-founder of   
   the Congregation of St. Joseph (1843-1925).   
    - Servant of God Mother Magdalen of the Sacred Heart (nee Frances Margaret   
   Taylor), foundress of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God (1832-1900).   
    - Servant of God Maria Giuseppa Scandola, Italian professed nun of the   
   Comboni Missionary Sisters (1849-1903).   
    - Servant of God Itala Mela, laywoman and Benedictine Oblate of the Monastery   
   of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls (1904-1957).   
    - Servant of God Uberto Mori, Italian layperson and father (1926-1989).   
      
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    AUDIENCES   
    Vatican City, 13 June 2014 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in audience:   
    - Archbishop Tommaso Valentinetti of Pescara-Penna, Italy.   
    - Delia Cardenas Christie, ambassador of Panama, on her farewell visit.   
    - Members of the administrative council of the Foundation "Populorum   
   Progressio".   
      
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    OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
    Vatican City, 13 June 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has accepted the   
   resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Multan, Pakistan,   
   presented by bishop Andrew Francis, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of   
   the Code of Canon Law, and appointed Rev. Benny Travas of the clergy of   
   Karachi as apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of   
   the same diocese.   
      
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