On Oct. 13, Brazil will be celebrating.<\/p>\n
Dulce Lopes Pontes...<\/p>\n
Irma Dulce, also known as Sr. Dulce, will be raised to the altars. Her cause for canonization will be the third-fastest process in history. After her death on March 13, 1992, her spirit of service and reputation proceeded her.<\/p>\n
PAOLO VILOTTA<\/strong> When Irme Dulce was hospitalized for respiratory problems, John Paul II went to visit her, months before her death. She was also a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988. Many people have compared her to Mother Teresa of Calcutta.<\/p>\n Benedict XVI approved Dulce's beatification in 2011. For her canonization, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints studied the miraculous cure of a young blind man.<\/p>\n PAOLO VILOTTA<\/strong> Many consider Dulce's greatest miracle as the unity she brought to Brazilian Catholics at this time.<\/p>\n PAOLO VILOTTA<\/strong> July 30, 2019. According to her postulator, she was truly a mother, who dedicated herself to the most needy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KKoqeDWs5yo","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/birmadulceeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/birmadulceint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPostulator, Cause for canonization of Irma Dulce
\n\u201cShe was truly a mother, who dedicated herself to the most needy, with a Franciscan spirit. Her congregation was born with that spirit. However, she also took St. Anthony as an example; and always lived that spirit of love as well as help for everyone, from the poorest to the most able.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPostulator, Cause for canonization of Irma Dulce
\n\u201cOne night he was suffering from conjunctivitis and strong pains. His mother had given him a statue of Irma Dulce which he grabbed and placed on the eye that was hurting him. He didn't ask to see again, he simply asked for the pain go away. The next morning he began to see!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPostulator, Cause for canonization of Irma Dulce
\n\u201cIn Brazil, if I say Irma Dulce's name, there's no one who doesn't know her. Thanks to her work, even today.\u201d For many she is also known as \u201cgood angel of Bahia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"