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After 14 years of work, the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints received last month the official biographies of Servants of God Tomás and Paquita Alvira, paving for the way for the next step in the beatification causes of a Spanish couple frequently celebrated as an example of Christian married life.
Their cause is one of the few “joint” causes of beatification for a modern married couple, much like the cases of Blessed Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini, a couple beatified in 2001 by Saint John Paul II, and Saints Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux.
The Pillar spoke with Fr. José Carlos Martín de la Hoz, postulator of the cause, about the life of Tomás and Paquita Alvira and their beatification cause.
The interview was conducted in Spanish and was edited for clarity and length.
Servants of God Tomás and Paquita Alvira in 1936. Courtesy picture.Who were Tomás and Paquita Alvira, and how has the cause progressed?
Tomás Alvira Alvira and Francisca (better known as Paquita) Domínguez Susín met in Aragón, Spain in the 1930s. He was a science teacher. She was
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