The diocesan phase of the canonization cause of the Servant of God Niña Ruíz-Abad was inaugurated on April 7 at the cathedral in Laoag City, Philippines.
Ruíz-Abad, known for her devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and died of a heart attack in 1993 at the age of 13.