Home›Open Questions›How many of the causes now before the Congregation for the Causes of Saints rest on a healing later reclassified by medicine, and has any canonisation been reopened on that ground?Open QuestionsHow many of the causes now before the Congregation for the Causes of Saints rest on a healing later reclassified by medicine, and has any canonisation been reopened on that ground?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "How many of the causes now before the Congregation for the Causes of Saints rest on a healing later reclassified by medicine, and has any canonisation been reopened on that ground?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-many-of-the-causes-now-before-the-congregation-for-the-causes-of-saints-rest-on-a-healing-later-reclassified-by-medicine-and-has-any-canonisation-been-reopened-on-that-ground.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). How many of the causes now before the Congregation for the Causes of Saints rest on a healing later reclassified by medicine, and has any canonisation been reopened on that ground?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-many-of-the-causes-now-before-the-congregation-for-the-causes-of-saints-rest-on-a-healing-later-reclassified-by-medicine-and-has-any-canonisation-been-reopened-on-that-groundCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-how-many-of-the-causes-now-before-the-co, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {How many of the causes now before the Congregation for the Causes of Saints rest on a healing later reclassified by medicine, and has any canonisation been reopened on that ground?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-many-of-the-causes-now-before-the-congregation-for-the-causes-of-saints-rest-on-a-healing-later-reclassified-by-medicine-and-has-any-canonisation-been-reopened-on-that-ground}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe Consulta Medica is asked whether a recovery is explicable by the medicine of the day, and the medicine of the day changes. No public record shows whether findings have been revisited as diagnostic categories moved, and the acts of individual causes are not generally published in full.What would resolve this Access to the medical dossiers of closed causes, or a published retrospective by the Congregation itself, examined by clinicians against current diagnostic criteria.OpenHistory of medicine; canon lawKenneth L. Woodward, Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn't, and WhyCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnSaint, Religious Roles & Titles Well-attested Source Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn't, and WhyKenneth L. Woodwardtier 2SourcesMaking Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn't, and Whytier 2Kenneth L. Woodward, Simon and Schuster, 1990Chapters on the medical consultorsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year