How Does the Church Prove That a Potential Saint Interceded for Us?

Update: 2025-07-23

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A listener named Kathleen asks Father Dave about the saint-making process in the Catholic Church. “If someone asks for the intercession of a person that the Church recognizes as venerable, and the request is granted, how does one prove that the [venerable] person actually granted it?”

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