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Teen’s tumors vanish after prayers to Bl. Solanus Casey: A possible final miracle for canonization

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CV NEWS FEED // A Michigan teenager’s unexplained healing after prayers to Blessed Solanus Casey could become the miracle the Church needs to declare the beloved Capuchin friar a saint.

Sixteen-year-old Mary Bartold from DeWitt was facing surgery after doctors discovered tumors on both her ovaries in May 2024, the Detroit Free Press reported. As she prepared for what could have been a life-changing operation, her parents, Susan and Rick Bartold, turned to prayer — making a pilgrimage to the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit and initiating a novena for his intercession.

Mary, a sophomore at Lansing Catholic High School, had first experienced sharp abdominal pain during school in late April.

“I was toppled over,” she recalled. “I couldn’t move at all… because it hurt so bad.”

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