{"id":108033,"date":"2013-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/postulazione-generale\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:01:39","slug":"the-general-postulators-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/en\/the-general-postulators-office\/","title":{"rendered":"The General Postulator\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The General Postulator and his assistant in the Curia handle the Causes of Canonization with the Holy See. They are appointed by the General Minister and approved by the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints. The Statutes of the General Curia describe their responsibilities. The causes that are pursued are chosen with the consent of the Minister General from among those that have special interest for the Church or the Order and are capable of carrying a meaningful message into the modern world.<\/p>\n<h3>Staff<\/h3>\n<p><strong>General Postulator:<\/strong>\u00a0Br. Carlo Calloni (Province of Lombardy, Italy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistant to the General Postulator:<\/strong>\u00a0Br. Antoine Haddad (Custody of the Near-East, Lebanon)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"persons-3 fra-custom\">\n<li><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-114449 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-1024x953.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-1536x1429.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-370x344.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-840x782.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283-410x381.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_4786-scaled-e1752155684283.jpg 1610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<h2>Carlo Calloni<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-114322 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881-993x1024.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881-768x792.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881-370x382.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881-840x866.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881-410x423.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4633-scaled-e1752079224881.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><br \/>\n<h2>Antoine Haddad<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Postulator and his assistant in the Curia handle the Causes of Canonization with the Holy See. 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