The parents of a toddler who miraculously survived near-drowning in the family swimming pool have attributed his recovery to the intercession of the deceased Australian cardinal, George Pell.
Caitlin and Wesley Robinson, who are expecting their ninth child, were preparing the family to visit relatives after Sunday Mass when Wesley, the father, realised that their then 14-month-old son Vincent was missing.
Vincent’s father found him at the bottom of the family’s spa attached to their backyard swimming pool. The toddler arrived at hospital without a pulse and, after 52 minutes of resuscitation, was placed on life support.
Shortly after the accident, the couple began praying to the late Cardinal Pell for a miracle. The couple had met the late Archbishop of Sydney when he visited Arizona in 2021 and had been hugely impressed by him. They also sought the intercession of Blessed Conchita, a Mexican mother of nine whose youngest son died of drowning.
On Ash Wednesday a novena was begun, asking the intercession of Blessed Fr Michael McGivney, the 19th-century founder of the Knights of Columbus. By the ninth day, Vincent was discharged in full health.
Doctors have described the miraculous turnaround as “very hard to explain”.
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