Pope Francis' declaration of the beatification of Benedict Daswa

Apostolic Letter 

WE,

Welcoming the desire of our brother

Joao Noe RODRIGUES, bishop of  Tzaneen, 

 of many other brothers in the Episcopate

and of many faithful Christians,

and after having had the opinion of the  Congregation for the Causes of  Saints, with of our apostolic authority we  grant that

The Venerable Servant of God

Tshimangadzo Samuel  Benedict Daswa

layman and familyman, martyr,

 zealous catechist, coherent educator,

heroic witness of the Gospel, even to the shedding of  blood,

from now on will be called Blessed,

and his feast, in the places according to the rules established by the law, will be celebrated every year, on the 1^st  February.

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen

Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on the 08^th August,

of the year of the Lord  two thousand fifteen

The third of our Pontificate.

                                             Francis