Ana María Moreno Castillo (Niña Anita)
Panamanian laywoman and catechist of Azuero
Who they were
A laywoman of the Azuero region who spent her life teaching catechism and caring for the poor and the sick, and died at La Villa de Los Santos in 1977.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat was given on 3 October 2017, the diocesan inquiry opened in the diocese of Chitré on 1 February 2018, and the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints later declared it valid, as reported by CELAM.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.