(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has approved the promulgation of the decree for the
cause of beatification of his predecessor Pope Paul VI. The approval was announced
Saturday.
The beatification ceremony is scheduled to take place October 19,
2014, at the conclusion of the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod
of Bishops on the family.
The Holy Father received Cardinal Angelo Amato
SDB, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Friday afternoon, and
authorized the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees :