Doctors who judge whether healings should be declared miracles are no longer to be paid in cash under new norms approved by Pope Francis.
The regulations say that from now on the medical panel should only be paid by wire transfer.
Among the other regulations is a requirement that the medical panel has a quorum of six experts and that a two-thirds majority is needed to approve a statement declaring that a healing has no natural or scientific explanation.
Previously, the declaration – a major step in a pope’s recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of a candidate for sainthood – required the approval of a simple majority of the consultation team members present.
