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of the Cause for Canonization
1946
Opening of the Preliminary Process.
1952
Official Opening of the Canonical Informative Process. This
is the formal beginning, at the diocesan level, of the Cause for the
Canonization of Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
2 July 1979
Diocesan process concluded and documentation on Jacinta Marto
presented to the Congregation of Saints
3 August 1979
Diocesan process concluded and documentation on Francisco Marto
presented to the Congregation of Saints
13 May 1989
Pope John Paul approves the decree on the Heroic
Virtues of the Servants of God Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
28 June 1999
Pope John Paul approves a miracle attributed to the Venerable Servants
of God Francisco & Jacinta Marto.
13 May 2000
At Fatima, in Portugal, on the 83rd anniversary of the first
apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, Francisco and Jacinta Marto were
declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II.
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