A young man from Manchester t who died in 2018, at the age of just 21 is being considered by the Catholic Church to be a future saint.
Pedro Ballester, died after an aggressive battle with bone cancer, while he studied to be a chemical engineer. His father, who is originally from Spain and shares the name as his child, said his son had lived an "ordinary life in an extraordinary way".
"Only the Pope says who is a saint, but my son was an extraordinary young man," Me Ballester told the BBC.
Pedro followed in his parents' footsteps and became a celibate member of Opus Dei, a Catholic organisation which has since been pushing for his sainthood.
Jack Valero, from the organisation, said: "Devotion to Pedro has spread throughout the world and we receive reports from people of different ages and countries who find Pedro very inspiring for their Christian lives."
Before his death, Pedro met the late Pope Francis with support from a charity that has helped young people with cancer to fulfil their dreams.
He also got fellow patients at The Christie cancer hospital to sign a card for the pope.
His father recalled: "Pedro took that card to the pope and then he told him I just wanted to let you know that I got cancer, and I offer all the sufferings for you and for the Church.
He was remembered for making friends wherever he went and this helped to build an immediate rapport with the pontiff.
More than 60 family members, friends and acquaintances have been interviewed by Church authorities seeking to ascertain whether Pedro achieved what the Catholic Church terms a life of "heroic virtue": living a living a life of faith, hope and love surpassing ordinary human capabilities.
His father revealed that his interview went on for several hours and that he "was asked all kinds of questions".
He added: "He was very caring, very loving, and very constant. I mean, you can be a good guy on a Monday. or a Tuesday. But every day and day and night, that's very hard. And that's what he did, even when he had cancer."
Pedro had more than 500 people attend his funeral in 2018 including the likes of the future cardinal, Arthur Roche.
Opus Dei hopes that Pedro will follow the first two saints canonised by Pope Leo XIV, who were both young Italians: St Carlo Acutis, the teenage web producer, and St Pier Georgio Frascati, who shunned a journalistic career to serve the poor of Milan.
Valero said: "We see in the Church more and more young people like St Carlo Acutis and Pedro who can help people of their generation find God and happiness in their lives."