Madrid, Spain, Mar 12, 2009 / 13:43 pm
The Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain announced that this Saturday it will hold a ceremony opening the cause of canonization of Rebeca Rocamora, a young woman who died in 1996 at the age of 20 after enduring a serious illness.
According to the diocese’s website, the event is “one of most anticipated events of the recent months” and “will be a huge event” presided over by the local ordinary, Bishop Rafael Palmero.
Rebeca died on May 26, 1996, at the age of 20 in her native town of Granja de Rocamora. According to the promoters of her cause, “her simple life as a parish catechist and her acceptance of her illness and manner of facing death with joy, had a deep impact on those who knew her.”
In October of 2008, Bishop Palmero informed the diocese about her cause and underscored “the growing reputation of holiness for her virtues and intercession among those who know and pray to her, so that her remembrance will serve as an example to the youth and concretely to catechists.”