(ZENIT News / Rome, 02.03.2025).- The closing session of the diocesan investigation on the life, heroic virtues, reputation for sanctity and signs of the Servant of God Alcide De Gasperi, layman and father of a family, was held at 12:00 noon on Friday, February 28, 2025 in the Apostolic Lateran Palace.
The diocesan investigation was begun by the Ecclesiastical Court of the Archdiocese of Trento. After obtaining the consent of both the Archbishop of Trento as well as of the Cardinal Vicar of the Holy Father for the diocese of Rome, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints transmitted the rescript, granting the transfer of the jurisdiction of the forum to the diocese of Rome.
The Court that carried out the diocesan investigation in Rome was made up of Monsignor Giuseppe D’Alonzo, Episcopal Delegate; Don Andrea De Matteis, Promoter of Justice; and Marcello Terramani, Acting Notary. Doctor Paolo Vilotta is the Postulator of De Gasperi’s Cause of Beatification and Canonization.
All procedural documents, in duplicate, sealed in sealed containers, were delivered to Paolo Vilotta, designated as gatekeeper, with the task of transmitting them to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
