Pope Francis has credited a 2015 miracle to the Rev. Michael J. McGivney, a Connecticut priest who died in 1890 during an outbreak that researchers now believe may have been caused by a coronavirus.
Source: New York Times
Knights of Columbus Founder, Who Died in a Pandemic, Moves Closer to Sainthood
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