Miracle puts Paul VI one step closer to sainthood

Friday, December 20th, 2013

Vatican officials have approved what they believe to be a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul VI, putting the pontiff who served for much of the 1960s and ’70s one step closer to possible sainthood.

The Vatican’s Medical Commission of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints said the healing of an unborn child is medically “unexplainable,” and could serve as the miracle that allows Paul VI to be beatified. Continue reading

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