Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, in Manchester, England, Pedro Ballester Arenas died at the age of 21 from an aggressive form of cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a chemical engineering student and lived with his family in Britain for work-related reasons. In 2014, he began to feel pain in his back. It turned out to be, quite unfortunately, pelvic cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PEDRO BALLESTER Several years later, the Catholic Diocese of Salford in the United Kingdom has opened a case for Pedro Ballester's cause for canonization\u2014in short, he might be a saint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means that his life, writings, and testimonies from those who knew him will be thoroughly examined before a dossier is sent to the Vatican. But what does the father of this potential saint think about this all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n PEDRO BALLESTER Pedro made an effort to offer up his suffering and to love everyone. He made sure that his illness would not become the central focus of his life\u2014he would instead bring God to other sick people while he was in the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PEDRO BALLESTER Before opening someone's cause for canonization, five years must pass after the person\u2019s death. But information about the person can of course be collected beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the case of \u201cPedrito,\u201d as he was known among those close to him, a private prayer devotion has begun to circulate. This also helps spread awareness of his life and of his cause for sainthood within the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez In 2018, in Manchester, England, Pedro Ballester Arenas died at the age of 21 from an aggressive form of cancer. He was a chemical engineering student and lived with his family in Britain for work-related reasons. In 2014, he began to feel pain in his back. It turned out to be, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":90845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/og0jQ9nG-Xg","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bballesterprocesoeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bballesterprocesoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90844"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90849,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90844\/revisions\/90849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Father of Pedro Ballester Arenas
At 18, he was diagnosed with bone cancer, an osteosarcoma. And despite all the treatment he underwent, in the end, the treatment didn\u2019t work, or it worked as much as it could. But he died at 21 years old, on January 13, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Father of Pedro Ballester Arenas
Well, a great responsibility, because people often ask me things and I have as many flaws and virtues as you or anyone else. I have my own struggles. But having a saintly son demands responsibility. I mean, I\u2019m talking about someone who was very close to God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Father of Pedro Ballester Arenas
There was a boy named Tom who spent all day with Pedro whenever Pedro was hospitalized for chemotherapy. He would come to Pedro\u2019s room and they would stay together talking. And sometimes even Pedro, who was on morphine for the pain and all that\u2026Tom would remain quietly in the corner of the room without disturbing anyone, simply because he felt very comfortable with Pedro. Because he felt loved, you know? Actually, Tom, before he died\u2014because my son died first, and then Tom died a few months later\u2014although he was not Catholic, said: \u2018I want to be baptized.\u2019 The thing is, he died that very night. They were going to baptize him the next day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n