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The Vatican on March 16, 2024, determined that nothing prevents the opening of the cause for canonization of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines and whose grave has become a place of pilgrimage. | Credit: Diocese of Laoag/Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican authorizes opening of cause for canonization for 13-year-old Filipina girl

Mar 18, 2024

The grave of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines, has become a place of pilgrimage.

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