Pope John Paul II and Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. OPUS DEI PHOTO
The beatification of the Venerable Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, the first successor of Saint Josemaria Escriva as the head of Opus Dei, became a certainty with the signing by Pope Francis of decrees approving a miracle obtained through the intercession of Blessed John Paul II and another miracle attributed to the intercession of del Portillo.