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Is The Newborn With No Pulse for 65 Minutes a real miracle?

Assessed by Miracles Jar AI · 2026-06-13

BronzeGenuinely contested

Miracles Jar rates The Newborn With No Pulse for 65 Minutes: Tyquan Hall and Venerable Salvador Valera Parra Bronze. Genuinely contested — both whether it happened and whether nature explains it. Two scales drive that verdict: how extraordinary it would be if it truly happened — toss-up — and how strong the evidence is — well documented.

How miraculous, if true

Toss-up

Was it more than coincidence — if it really happened?

How strong the evidence

Well documented

Is there evidence it's true?

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Common questions

Is The Newborn With No Pulse for 65 Minutes real or fake?
Miracles Jar's verdict is Bronze: genuinely contested. Genuinely contested — both whether it happened and whether nature explains it. On the evidence, the record is well documented.
Has The Newborn With No Pulse for 65 Minutes been debunked?
No. Genuinely contested — both whether it happened and whether nature explains it. The strongest natural alternative considered is misdiagnosis & the overstated prognosis, but it does not fully account for the case.
What is the evidence for The Newborn With No Pulse for 65 Minutes?
Miracles Jar weighs 6 sources for this case. Points that support the claim: Vatican decree (June 20, 2025) recognizing the cure as medically inexplicable — passed the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints' medical consulta and theological commission; first approved miracle of Pope Leo XIV's papacy; Reported ~65 minutes with no detectable heartbeat or breath in a newborn, followed by spontaneous return of circulation without further intervention and no neurological deficit; and Named, verifiable attending neonatologist (Dr. Juan Sánchez-Esteban, Brown-affiliated) and specific hospital/date; consistent core narrative across independent secular outlets. Points that cut against it: The headline '65 minutes / clinically dead' figure originates from the Diocese of Almería, not a published peer-reviewed clinical record; secular reports vary ('no pulse' vs 'barely a pulse' vs 'no heartbeat after an hour'); and Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy has a genuinely variable natural history; a minority of infants recover with normal neurodevelopment, and the era overlaps adoption of therapeutic hypothermia and intensive NICU support.
What is the natural explanation for The Newborn With No Pulse for 65 Minutes?
The leading natural account is misdiagnosis & the overstated prognosis. A cure is only ever as miraculous as the original diagnosis was certain. The weakest link is often the first record, not the recovery. The full breakdown shows where that explanation holds — and where it stops.
When and where did The Newborn With No Pulse for 65 Minutes happen?
It is said to have occurred 2007-01-14 in Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.

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