Received from the Marist Fathers' General House on 11 November 2016:

"During their plenary session which took place from 4 to 9 November in the sanctuary of Lourdes, France, the French Bishops Conference approved with a massive vote the reopening of the cause of beatification of Fr Colin. It was Card. Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyons, who is in charge at the diocesan level of the cause of beatification, who asked the approval of the French bishops. Marist bishops Ghislain de Rasilly (Wallis et Futuna) and Michel Calvet (New Caledonia) were present at the vote and communicated us the joyful news."