Blessed Michael J. McGivney was “an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance” because of his “zeal” for proclaiming the Gospel and his “generous concern for his brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis said in his apostolic letter of beatification of the founder of the Knights of Columbus.
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The child’s miraculous cure from a deadly case of fetal hydrops was attributed to the intercession of Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus. It cleared the way for his beatification Oct. 31.
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A miracle attributed to the intercession of Father McGivney involved a baby, still in utero, with a life-threatening condition that, under most circumstances, could have led to an abortion.