following evening at 7:50pm and died smiling with her parents and brothers at her side at 10:10pm on 14 April 1986. Beatification process The beatification process opened on 28 September 2004 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" (no objections to the cause made) edict and titled Zanetta as a Servant of God. The cause opened in the Novara diocese under Bishop Renato Corti on 17 October 2004 in a diocesan process that lasted until 29 April 2006 collecting documentation and witness interrogatories (including from her relatives). The documentation was sent to the congregation in Rome who issued a decree on 22 February 2008 validating the process. The postulation (the officials leading and coordinating the cause) compiled and submitted the official Positio dossier to the congregation in 2014 for evaluation. Nine theologians issued their approval to the cause in late 2016 while the congregation's members approved it some short months later. Zanetta became titled as venerable on 23 March 2017 after Pope Francis signed a decree that acknowledged that Zanetta had practiced heroic virtue throughout her life. The current postulator for this cause is Dr. Francesca Consolini. References External links Hagiography Circle Challenge Catholic Youth Ministry 1962 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Italian people 20th-century venerated Christians Deaths from skin disease Italian anti-abortion activists Italian human rights activists Italian venerated Catholics People from the Province of Novara Roman Catholic activists Venerated Catholics by Pope Francis