Miracle through Bishop Alvaro's intercession: recovery of Jose Ignacio. Miracle through Bishop Alvaro's intercession: recovery of Jose Ignacio The Holy See has attributed to the intercession of Bishop …More
Miracle through Bishop Alvaro's intercession: recovery of Jose Ignacio.
Miracle through Bishop Alvaro's intercession: recovery of Jose Ignacio
The Holy See has attributed to the intercession of Bishop Alvaro the recovery of the newborn Jose Ignacio Ureta Wilson after a cardiac arrest lasting longer than half an hour. 8 min video (English subtitles not available in Internet Explorer).
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The miracle attributed to Bishop Alvaro's intercession
The miracle approved by the Holy See is the instantaneous healing of Chilean newborn baby, Jose Ignacio Ureta Wilson. A few days after birth in August, 2003, he suffered a cardiac arrest lasting more than 30 minutes and a massive haemorrhage. His parents prayed with great faith through the intercession of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. The medical team thought that the baby had died when, without any additional treatment and in a totally unexpected way, the heart of the new born baby started to beat again, reaching 130 beats per minute. Despite the seriousness of his medical situation, ten years later Jose Ignacio leads a normal life.
Mgr Flavio Capucci, postulator of the cause, has received close to 12,000 signed accounts of favours received through the intercession of Bishop Alvaro. They include “graces of all kinds, both material and spiritual. Clearly the most striking are the extraordinary cures, of which there is a variety: from the disappearance of melanomas with metastasis after praying to Alvaro del Portillo, to the full recovery of a child who had drowned in a swimming pool.”
The postulator adds that many of these favours refer to family life: “married couples who are reconciled and live together again in harmony; the ability to have children, sometimes after waiting for many years before going to his intercession; reconciliations between estranged relatives; giving birth to healthy children after being told that the baby would be born sick or malformed. Bishop Alvaro was a family person, who carried out a wide and deep catechesis on the family. It is perhaps because of this that the desire to go to his intercession for these kinds of matters arises spontaneously.”
Mgr Capucci explained that, with the miracle’s approval, the next step is for the Holy See to fix the date for the beatification. The ceremony will most likely take place in Rome, which is where the venerable Alvaro del Portillo died.
Biographical details
Video with brief biography
Some Social and Educational Projects Begun by Bishop Alvaro del Portillo
Related links
Full statement by Prelate of Opus Dei
More information about Alvaro del Portillo
www.opusdei.us/art.php
Miracle through Bishop Alvaro's intercession: recovery of Jose Ignacio
The Holy See has attributed to the intercession of Bishop Alvaro the recovery of the newborn Jose Ignacio Ureta Wilson after a cardiac arrest lasting longer than half an hour. 8 min video (English subtitles not available in Internet Explorer).
www.youtube.com/watch
The miracle attributed to Bishop Alvaro's intercession
The miracle approved by the Holy See is the instantaneous healing of Chilean newborn baby, Jose Ignacio Ureta Wilson. A few days after birth in August, 2003, he suffered a cardiac arrest lasting more than 30 minutes and a massive haemorrhage. His parents prayed with great faith through the intercession of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. The medical team thought that the baby had died when, without any additional treatment and in a totally unexpected way, the heart of the new born baby started to beat again, reaching 130 beats per minute. Despite the seriousness of his medical situation, ten years later Jose Ignacio leads a normal life.
Mgr Flavio Capucci, postulator of the cause, has received close to 12,000 signed accounts of favours received through the intercession of Bishop Alvaro. They include “graces of all kinds, both material and spiritual. Clearly the most striking are the extraordinary cures, of which there is a variety: from the disappearance of melanomas with metastasis after praying to Alvaro del Portillo, to the full recovery of a child who had drowned in a swimming pool.”
The postulator adds that many of these favours refer to family life: “married couples who are reconciled and live together again in harmony; the ability to have children, sometimes after waiting for many years before going to his intercession; reconciliations between estranged relatives; giving birth to healthy children after being told that the baby would be born sick or malformed. Bishop Alvaro was a family person, who carried out a wide and deep catechesis on the family. It is perhaps because of this that the desire to go to his intercession for these kinds of matters arises spontaneously.”
Mgr Capucci explained that, with the miracle’s approval, the next step is for the Holy See to fix the date for the beatification. The ceremony will most likely take place in Rome, which is where the venerable Alvaro del Portillo died.
Biographical details
Video with brief biography
Some Social and Educational Projects Begun by Bishop Alvaro del Portillo
Related links
Full statement by Prelate of Opus Dei
More information about Alvaro del Portillo
www.opusdei.us/art.php