Roman Catholic Church Begins Process to Beatify 9-year-old Brazilian Girl
THE WASHINGTON POST
By Associated Press
BRAZIL--- The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro has launched a process aimed at putting a Brazilian girl on the path to sainthood. Archbishop Orani Tempesta and Vatican representatives told reporters Friday that they had begun the process to beatify Odette Vidal de Oliveira, who was 9 when she died of meningitis in 1939. Nascimento said one miracle attributed to Oliveira was the recovery of a woman who suffered a serious hemorrhage after giving birth, leading doctors to tell her husband that she would die. “In prayers, the woman asked Odette for help and she recovered,” he said. The priest said Oliveira came from a wealthy family and “always asked the household staff to help the poor who begged for food and money. She also visited orphanages with her mother and serve food to the needy. She was a very religious girl who always accompanied her mother to church,” Nascimento said. “At age 4, she seemed to have intimate dialogues with Jesus.”[link]
By Associated Press
BRAZIL--- The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro has launched a process aimed at putting a Brazilian girl on the path to sainthood. Archbishop Orani Tempesta and Vatican representatives told reporters Friday that they had begun the process to beatify Odette Vidal de Oliveira, who was 9 when she died of meningitis in 1939. Nascimento said one miracle attributed to Oliveira was the recovery of a woman who suffered a serious hemorrhage after giving birth, leading doctors to tell her husband that she would die. “In prayers, the woman asked Odette for help and she recovered,” he said. The priest said Oliveira came from a wealthy family and “always asked the household staff to help the poor who begged for food and money. She also visited orphanages with her mother and serve food to the needy. She was a very religious girl who always accompanied her mother to church,” Nascimento said. “At age 4, she seemed to have intimate dialogues with Jesus.”[link]
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