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BREAKING NEWS: The Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne are now Saints through Equiopollent Canonization. During the Audience granted to His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff approved the favorable votes of the Ordinary Session of the Cardinals and Bishops, Members of the Dicastery, and decided to extend to the universal Church the cult of Blessed Teresa of Saint Augustine (born Maria Maddalena Claudia Lidoine) and 15 companions

CARMELITE NUNS IN THE CARIBBEAN More than 50 Cloistered O.Carm. & O.C.D. Carmelite nuns, representing different monasteries in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, enjoyed a wonderful gathering with Fr. Fernando Millan Romeral, O.Carm., Prior General of the Carmelites, and Fr. Saverio Canistra, O.C.D., Superior General of the Discalced Carmelites. Both Generals arrived in Santo Domingo to participate in an international congress for Latin America that reunites both Carmelite Families (frailes

Pope Francis meets with superiors and delegates of the Discalced Carmelites. He urged them to return to the roots of their contemplative charism while striving to embrace the future and avoiding the temptation to cling to the past. | Vatican News