The cause for the beatification and eventual canonization of Pope Paul VI - who died in 1978 - commenced in 1993 and still continues. He has been proclaimed a Servant of God and has been declared Venerable. He was beatified on 19 October 2014 after the recognition of a miracle had been attributed to his intercession.The postulator of the cause is Antonio Marrazzo while the vice-postulator is Antonio Lanzoni.