. >> reporter: in fact, the church did determine the healing of phil mccord's eye was a miracle.cond miracle attributed to mother theodore guerin. the sisters of providence were hopeful, but the bills were adding up. the pressure was on. it was 2005. the sisters knew they were in an era of saint making. john paul ii himself was a saint maker. he made the process easier, cutting down the number of miracles needed to make a saint from three to just two and allowing lay people, not just priests, to petition causes. back in terre haute, indiana, it was all coming together, 100 years of work, and a pope who could pave the way to sainthood for mother guerin. then on april 2nd, 2005, pope john paul ii died. did you think, oh, no? oh, no. with we might have to start over? >> no. >> no? you didn't have that? >> no. god will provide. that's what providence is. god will provide. >> reporter: two months after john paul died on june 5th, 2005, doctor andrea ambrosi returned to the congregation of saints for what would be a pivotal meeting. nearly 100 years of work, hundreds of thousands of do

. >> reporter: in fact, the church did determine the healing of phil mccord's eye was a miracle.cond miracle attributed to mother theodore guerin. the sisters of providence were hopeful, but the bills were adding up. the pressure was on. it was 2005. the sisters knew they were in an era of saint making. john paul ii himself was a saint maker. he made the process easier, cutting down the number of miracles needed to make a saint from three to just two and allowing lay people, not just priests, to petition causes. back in terre haute, indiana, it was all coming together, 100 years of work, and a pope who could pave the way to sainthood for mother guerin. then on april 2nd, 2005, pope john paul ii died. did you think, oh, no? oh, no. we might have to start over? >> no. >> you didn't have that? >> no. god will provide. that's what providence is. god will provide. >> reporter: two months after john paul died on june 5th, 2005, doctor andrea ambrosi returned to the congregation of saints for what would be a pivotal meeting. nearly 100 years of work, hundreds of thousands of dollars spe