VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven other people.

The meeting, known as an “ordinary public consistory,” is scheduled for June 13, the Vatican announced.

Cardinals living in or visiting Rome are invited to participate in the consistory, which typically is a prayer service that includes the reading of a brief biography of the sainthood candidate, the pope’s solicitation of the cardinals’ approval of the canonization and, usually, an announcement of the date for the ceremony.

Since the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which had been scheduled for April 27, was postponed after the death of Pope Fr

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