On the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, a twenty-one-month-old boy named Adé Lewis had his left index finger partly amputated in an accident in May 1986. The nail was ripped out, and the tip and part of the bone were severed. To the mother’s horror, no accessible medical facilities had the requisite resources to sew it back on. Father Ralph DiOrio, a figure in the Catholic healing ministry, prayed and urged them to give glory to God. The mother testified that not only the nail but also the rest of the finger grew back quickly until it was almost as long as his right index finger.[275] People
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