Pope moves America's 'first televangelist' closer to sainthood

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9. I never knew that. My grandmother was involved in the Father Solanus Casey

beatification process. My father's oldest brother, Anthony, got very sick as a baby and went into a coma. The doctors said to take him home, he was going to die. My grandmother took him to see Father Solanus Casey at the monastery. She took him home and he woke up a few hours later, completely cured. I have her account of the story, telling it to channel 4 news in the '80s, on VHS. My uncle Tony was also a Korean War veteran. His platoon was wiped out in a battle. He was the only survivor.