Santuario di San Giuseppe Vesuviano elevato a Basilica Pontificia Minore

11 April 2026

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Carissimi Confratelli e Famiglia del Murialdo.Il Santuario di San Giuseppe Vesuviano ha ricevuto il prestigioso titolo di Basilica Pontificia Minore, riconoscimento che ne sottolinea l’importanza spirituale e liturgica. Un sentito ringraziamento va al Vescovo di Nola mons. Francesco Marino, a p. Rosario Avino, ai confratelli della Comunità di San Giuseppe Vesuviano e all’intero popolo sangiuseppese, che con determinazione e fiducia hanno sostenuto questa richiesta. Affidiamo a san Giuseppe il compito di guidarci nell’essere “Giuseppe oggi”, impegnandoci con entusiasmo nel servizio ai giovani e nella promozione della devozione al “nostro Santo”.

Ecco il decreto dal Dicastero per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti, firmato dal S. Ecc. Card. Roche.

DICASTERO PER IL CULTO DIVINO E LA DISCIPLINA DEI SACRAMENTI

Prot. N. 177/26

ALLA CHIESA DI NOLA

Su richiesta dell’Eccellentissimo Monsignor Francesco Marino, Vescovo di Nola, espressa con lettera dell’8 marzo 2026, e accogliendo le preghiere e i desideri del clero e dei fedeli cristiani, il Dicastero per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti, in virtù delle facoltà conferitegli dal Sommo Pontefice LEONE XIV, volentieri concede alla chiesa parrocchiale e santuario diocesano di San Giuseppe, nel comune di San Giuseppe Vesuviano, il titolo e la dignità di BASILICA MINORE, con tutti i diritti e i privilegi liturgici ad esso propri, nel pieno rispetto delle norme stabilite dal Decreto “De Titulo Basilicae Minoris” promulgato il 9 novembre 1989.

Dato presso la sede del Dicastero per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti, il 25 marzo 2026, solennità dell’Annunciazione del Signore.

+ Arthur Card. Roche

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