Serra's Miracle Nun
Channel: Tony
Date: 2015-06-17

From Sept. 15, 1988. An examination of the case of a St. Louis nun who claimed her cure from an undiagnosed ailment was due to her prayers to Fr. Junipero Serra. The claim was central to the beatification of Serra by Pope John Paul II, a key step on the road to sainthood. On Jan. 15, 2015, Pope Francis announced he would bypass the usual requirement of a second church-verified miracle for canonization.

The St. Louis nun, Sister Mary Boniface Dyrda, was widely but incorrectly reported to have been cured of lupus. In fact, as her own doctors say here, she was never diagnosed with any disease. She did have some lupus-like symptoms that went away.

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