Congregation for the Causes of Saints:
A presumed miracle which took place in Baguio City, Philippines.
The case concerns a fourteen year old girl, Pamela Novella, who at about 2:00 p.m. of January 2, 1995, fell from her bicycle, suffering a grave cranial-encephalitic trauma. Admitted to hospital several hours later after losing consciousness, she was diagnosed as being in a profound coma, with pupilar mydriasis and respiratory arrest after a period of grave respiratory difficulty. In the intensive care unit she was intubated and placed on assisted respiration. Initially, the doctors, seeing the profound state of the coma and the gravity of the situation, concluded that a surgical procedure would be useless; but, then, at about 7:30 p.m. of that same day, without the necessary physical tests, they went ahead and performed a craniotomy on the right side revealing a very large epidural hematoma which was removed. The doctors feared for the girl's life and, in the event that she survived, they predicted very grave aftereffects from the injury and even a vegetative state.
Meanwhile, from about 6:00 p.m. onwards the grandmother of Pamela and the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration had begun to invoke the intercession of Blessed Arnold to obtain from God the girl's healing. And in fact, she rapidly began to improve until she had reached complete recovery.
The Medical Commission, in its meeting of April 18, 2002, admitted that the cure was lasting and scientifically unexplainable.
On October 8, 2002, there was a special Session of the Consulting Theologians.
It has been established that we are dealing with a genuine miracle obtained from God through the intercession of Blessed Arnold Janssen, a Religious Priest and Founder of the of the Society of the Divine Word and of the Missionary Congregations.