{"id":23439,"date":"2025-08-01T17:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=23439"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:43:09","slug":"cause-for-beatification-and-canonization-of-the-servant-of-god-gaetano-nicosia-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/08\/01\/cause-for-beatification-and-canonization-of-the-servant-of-god-gaetano-nicosia-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause for Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Gaetano Nicosia Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Macao)<\/strong> \u2013 On July 16, 2025, Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang of Macao issued the Edict announcing the opening of the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Gaetano Nicosia. Born on April 3, 1915, in San Giovanni La Punta (Catania, Italy) and deceased on November 6, 2017, in Hong Kong, Fr. Nicosia was a professed priest of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco, a missionary in China, and an apostle to leprosy patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canonical Process and the Edict<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a request by the Postulator General, Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni, SDB, on January 24, 2024, and after receiving approval to transfer jurisdiction from the Diocese of Hong Kong to the Diocese of Macao, as well as the consensus of neighboring bishops and the Nihil Obstat<\/em> from the Holy See on May 21, 2025, Bishop Lee Bun Sang issued the Edict to inform the ecclesial community of the intent to open the Cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this Edict, the bishop invites all the faithful to share any information either supporting or opposing the reputation for holiness of the Servant of God. Copies of the Edict have also been sent to the Dioceses of Hong Kong and Catania, and to the Patriarchate of Lisbon. The Vice-Postulator of the Cause is Fr. Gabriel Cruz, SDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life and Mission of Gaetano Nicosia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Nicosia was born in San Giovanni La Punta, Catania Province, on April 3, 1915. He arrived in China as a missionary in 1935 and became a Salesian of Don Bosco in 1937. He continued his formation as a Salesian and as a priest in Hong Kong and Macao, where he was ordained in 1946 in the chapel of the Semin\u00e1rio de S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 17 years, he worked in various Salesian missions serving youth and the faithful across Macao, Hong Kong, and mainland China. In 1963, he was assigned to care for patients with Hansen\u2019s disease (leprosy) in the area of K\u00e1-H\u00f3, Coloane, Macao. He served them\u2014and later also poor and abandoned children\u2014for 47 years with unwavering dedication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Legacy of Compassion and Holiness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a serious injury in 2010, Fr. Nicosia was moved to Hong Kong, where he was lovingly cared for by the Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Mary\u2019s Home<\/em>, until his death on November 6, 2017, at the age of 102.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting the spirit of the 72nd World Leprosy Day, celebrated on January 26, which affirmed that \u201ca sick person heals only if someone embraces them,\u201d<\/em> Fr. Gaetano Nicosia made the human person\u2014not the disease\u2014the heart of his mission. His work emphasized inclusion, care, and support for the sick, becoming a beacon of hope and charity for many and helping to build a more compassionate future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Macao) \u2013 On July 16, 2025, Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang of Macao issued the Edict announcing the opening of the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Gaetano Nicosia. Born on April 3, 1915, in San Giovanni La Punta (Catania, Italy) and deceased on November 6, 2017, in Hong Kong, Fr. Nicosia was a professed priest of the Salesian … Continuar leyendo Cause for Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Gaetano Nicosia Begins<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":23446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[775865498,516714022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesian-holiness","category-salesian-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaetano-nicosia-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-663","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23447,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23439\/revisions\/23447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}