Beatification ceremony to take place in Cuba next Saturday

November 21, 2008

The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced yesterday that the Servant of God Jose Olallo Valdes (1820-89), a religious of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, will be beatified in next Saturday. The first beatification to occur on Cuban soil will take place on November 29 in the historic city of Camaguey.

 

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Further information:

• Beatification rites approved by the Holy Father (VIS)
• Church to hold first beatification on Cuban soil (AP)
• Historic Centre of Camaguey (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
• 188 Japanese martyrs to be beatified in Nagasaki (CWN, Nov. 20)