Overview

• On July 18 Pope Leo XIV formally declared that Tyquan Hall’s 2007 recovery from severe oxygen deprivation qualifies as a miracle
• Dicastery investigators reported that after Dr. Juan Sanchez invoked Father Valera Parra, the infant’s heart resumed a normal beat without further medical intervention
• Tyquan Hall went on to speak at 18 months and walk at age two with no neurological damage, milestones cited as evidence in the Vatican’s report
• A diocesan inquiry launched in 2014 and a decade of examination by the Dicastery laid the groundwork for the Vatican’s official endorsement
• The papal recognition advances the 19th-century Spanish priest’s cause toward beatification and brings him closer to potential sainthood