John Thavis, one of the world’s leading Vaticanologists, has
recently published a most perceptive and highly readable book, The Vatican
Prophecies: Investigating
Supernatural Signs, Apparitions, and Miracles in the Modern Age (2015).
In Chapter 7, '’The Miracle Trail,’'
Travis discusses the Vatican’s current view on moral miracles as being too
ambiguous and ephemeral as illustrated in the cause of Matt Talbot, which can be
read a https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Vatican_Prophecies.html?id=QsdJBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en#v=onepage&q=matt%20talbot&f=false.
The paragraph concludes: “Moreover, most recovering
alcoholics or addicts have been through some form of treatment. Discerning
precisely what prompted an alcoholic to abandon the bottle was simply beyond the
competence of the Vatican’s experts.”
A physical miracle involving Matt Talbot, however, would keep
his cause perhaps more active and likely, e.g., http://venerablematttalbotresourcecenter.blogspot.com/search?q=physical+miracle