US EditionRI Boy's 2007 Birth Deemed a Miracle by Pope Leo XIV
PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND, JUL 18 – The Vatican recognized the first miracle in Rhode Island, advancing Father Salvador Valera Parra’s cause toward sainthood after a premature infant’s unexpected recovery in 2007.
- Pope Leo XIV granted approval on June 20, 2025, declaring the 2007 recovery of premature infant Tyquan Hall at Rhode Island's Memorial Hospital an official miracle.
- This event followed a canonical process from 2014 to 2015 that investigated Tyquan's survival after 65 minutes without pulse or breath despite life-saving efforts.
- Tyquan was born by emergency cesarean with severe oxygen deprivation and expected neurological damage, but recovered fully after Dr. Juan Sánchez-Esteban prayed invoking Father Valera Parra's intercession.
- Father Timothy Reilly of the Providence Diocese called the miracle "wonderful news" and said it advances Valera Parra's cause toward beatification, requiring another verified miracle for canonization.
- Tyquan grew up healthy, hitting developmental milestones normally, and the Vatican recognized the miracle as a sign that Valera Parra, a 19th century Spanish priest, may be on path to sainthood.
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On 20 June last Pope Leo XIV signed the decree of a miraculous healing in the USA, in a hospital in Rhode Island. The official decree that, as a practice, has...
Rhode Island boy's 2007 birth deemed a miracle by Pope Leo XIV
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, recently declared that a miracle happened in Rhode Island. The official decree, signed on June 20, claimed that a baby born in 2007 was inexplicably healed after a doctor prayed to a 19th-century Spanish priest, Father Salvador Valera Parra. The declaration was first reported by GoLocalProv. According to a report by The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, a boy identi…
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