Miracle in Milan
On June 10th
2003, in his private chapel, the Cardinal
Archbishop of Milan, Mgr. Dionigi Tettamanzi,
surrounded by judges and secretaries, signed a
solemn act: the official closure of the
process recognizing the miraculous cure,
through the intercession of the Venerable
Louis and Zélie Martin, of Pietro Schillero,
from Monza, born on the 25th May
2002. His family, five brothers and sisters,
were there with about a hundred other people
and among them were the doctors, witnesses of
the process. I was there to represent the
diocese of Lisieux.
Pietro
was born with lungs in such a terrible
condition that, medically speaking, he could
not possibly survive. Put under respiratory
assistance, nobody thought that one day he
would be able to breathe normally. Father
Sangalli, a Carmelite Father, suggested to
Pietro’s parents that they make a novena to
the Martin parents. The parish did likewise.
On the 29th June, his Feast Day,
Pietro was much better and left the clinic on
the 26th July in perfect health.
This cure,
humanly inexplicable, was recorded by numerous
witnesses, seven of whom were doctors. On the
10th June the miraculous child of
thirteen months was parading around the
chapel, sometimes crawling under the
Cardinal’s desk who was pronouncing the
decree; a fairly rare show in this kind of
court!
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With this
miracle, the Beatification of Louis and
Zélie Martin will not be too long. It is
ultimately up to Pope John Paul II to
decide. |
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Guy Gaucher
Auxiliary
Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux
