A severely deformed baby was born in a perfectly normal condition after the child’s mother prayed to Cardinal John Henry Newman for a miracle, it has been claimed.
The Vatican is investigating the inexplicable healing as the possible supernatural sign that could lead to the canonisation of the Victorian convert.
The Pope will beatify Cardinal Newman in Cofton Park, Birmingham, on Sunday following the healing of US deacon Jack Sullivan from a crippling spinal condition in 2001. A second miracle is needed to make him a saint.
