of heroic virtue. Pope Paul VI beatified her on 9 February 1975 in Saint Peter's Square. The miracle for canonization was opened and closed in 2003 in the Manila archdiocese while the Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated the process on 30 April 2004. Medical experts approved this miracle on 27 January 2005 as did the theologians on 14 February 2006 and the C.C.S. members on 12 December 2006. Pope Benedict XVI approved this miracle on 16 December 2006 and formalized the date for the canonization on 23 February 2007 at a consistory; Benedict XVI canonized her on 3 June 2007. Miracle The canonization miracle was the healing of Risa Bondoc (b. February 1995) who had a condition from her birth that prevented the two halves of her brain from joining. Her mother – who did not know of this condition – had put Risa up for adoption and so Ditos and Carmen Bondoc adopted her and had taken her to specialists, to no avail. References External links Hagiography Circle Religious of the Assumption The Wanderer Asia News Butler's Lives of the Saints 1817 births 1898 deaths 19th-century Christian saints 19th-century French nuns 19th-century venerated Christians Assumptionist nuns Beatifications by Pope Paul VI Canonizations by Pope Benedict XVI Christian female saints of the Late Modern era French Roman Catholic saints Founders of Catholic religious communities People from Metz Venerated Catholics