The vicariate of Rome made known with a edict, signed by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general, the opening of the cause of beatification and canonization of the servant of God Carlo Casinisecular, groom and family father.
Casini, founder of the movement for life, died in Rome on March 23, 2020. The edict remembers him as “lovable groom and exemplary father, a man of profound faith in God, in love with Christ and his Gospel, faithful to the Church and his magisterium, friend of the last of the earth and the poorest”. A courageous, convinced, credible, competent and consistenttireless defender of human life since conception, even in places of power. His political commitment, we read, was experienced as “higher form of charity”, becoming “a” sign and concrete testimony of God’s action in favor of man “.
Over the years, his fame of holiness has gone outwards by increasing. For this reason, the vicariate invites the faithful to communicate directly or to send to the diocesan court of Rome (Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano, 6 – 00184 Rome) all the news, documents and useful testimonies, both favorable and against, concerning the holiness of Carlo Casini.
The document also recalls that all the writings attributed to the servant of God must be collected, by the works printed to the manuscripts, diaries, letters and any private scriptures. Anyone wishing to keep the originals can present authenticated copy.
The edict, dated 1 October 2025, establishes that he remains posted for two months at the gates of the vicariate of Rome and the Archbishop’s Curia of Florence and that it is published in numerous newspapers, magazines and periodicals, including Happen, The Tuscan newspaper, Christian family, Tuscany today, Pastoral life, Catholic studies, Yes to life, Medical horizon, Iustitia And The notebooks of science and life.