The postulation compiled and submitted the official Positio dossier to the C.C.S. on 8 May 2000 for additional assessment. Nine theologians met (in a meeting that Carmelo Pellegrini chaired) and approved the cause after having assessed the dossier on 10 December 2017 as did the C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members later on 3 July 2018. Pope Francis titled González-Barros as Venerable on 5 July 2018 after acknowledging that the child had demonstrated heroic virtue during her lifetime to an adequate degree.
