Overview

• On July 18, 2025, Pope Leo XIV officially authenticated the inexplicable 2007 recovery of Tyquan Hall at a Pawtucket hospital as a miracle.
• The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints found that moments after Dr. Juan Sanchez prayed to Valera Parra, the newborn’s heart resumed beating without medical intervention.
• Tyquan Hall later met normal developmental milestones, including speaking by 18 months and walking by age two, with no lasting neurological impairments.
• The inquiry into the event began in 2014 with investigators sent from Valera Parra’s native Spain to collect hospital records and witness accounts.
• Under Catholic canon law, beatification now awaits a second confirmed miracle before Father Valera Parra can be considered for full sainthood.