decade later in 2006 for evaluation. Historians assessed and approved the cause on 24 October 2006 while nine theologians also issued their approval on 12 June 2012. The C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members later met and approved the cause on 3 June 2014. Reffo became titled as Venerable on 12 June 2014 after Pope Francis signed a decree acknowledging that Reffo had lived a life of heroic virtue. The current postulator for this cause is the Murialdine priest Orides Ballardin. References External links Hagiography Circle Famiglia del Murialdo 1843 births 1925 deaths 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 19th-century venerated Christians 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 20th-century venerated Christians Blind clergy Italian blind people Founders of Catholic religious communities Clergy from Turin Superiors general Venerated Catholics by Pope Francis