7 cardinals petition for St. Faustina to be named doctor of the Church
October 05, 2011
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Seven cardinals have signed a petition asking Pope Benedict to consider naming St. Faustina Kowalska a doctor of the Church. The petition was circulated at a five-day international conference on the Divine Mercy that began in Krakow on October 1.
The seven prelates are Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Kraków, Cardinal Franciszek Macharski (the retired Archbishop of Kraków), Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko (president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity), Cardinal Audrys Backis of Vilnius, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, and Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (the retired Bishop of Hong Kong).
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Further information:
- Uczestnicy II Swiatowego Kongresu Bozego Milosierdzia podpisuja list do Benedykta XVI z prosba o uznanie sw. Faustyny Doktorem Kosciola (WACOM 2011)
- St. Faustina, Doctor of the Church? (Zenit)
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