Balearic Islands’ president lobbies Pope for canonization of Blessed Raymond Llull
December 06, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis received Marga Prohens, the leader of Spain’s Balearic Islands, in a December 5 audience.
Pohrens lobbied the Pope for the canonization of Blessed Raymond Llull (or Lull), a native of the islands (Encyclopaedia Britannica, New Catholic Encyclopedia). She said after the meeting that the Pope believes “that the blessed meets the conditions to be canonized by the Holy See.”
According to a government statement, Prohens and the Pope also discussed various saints associated with the islands, as well as “the importance of the family, the protection of the birth rate, and the need to reinforce the values of Christian humanism and Catholicism in society.” She invited the Pontiff to return to the islands, which he visited in 1983.
Prohens also shared a video of the meeting in a tweet.
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