Historians assessed and approved the cause on 24 October 2006 while nine theologians also issued their approval on 12 June 2012. The C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members later met and approved the cause on 3 June 2014. Reffo became titled as Venerable on 12 June 2014 after Pope Francis signed a decree acknowledging that Reffo had lived a life of heroic virtue.
