A decision on the canonisation of Mary MacKillop will rest on evidence delivered to the Vatican by south-east South Australia's Father Paul Gardiner. Father Gardiner has recently returned from the Vatican, where he presented information detailing the second miracle of Mary MacKillop.
The miracle involves the healing of a woman who had what was thought to be terminal brain and lung cancer.
The decision is now up to the Congregation for Causes of Saints to approve the second miracle if she is to become a saint.
Father Gardiner says he is hopeful of a positive outcome in the coming months.
"I'm personally confident, but I'm not the one that makes the decision," he said.
"On the other hand I've followed fairly carefully their insistence on all the details to the procedure on my recent visit to Rome and other stages and I think they're fairly satisfied with the procedure."
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(Source: ABC)