Tomorrow marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II.

An article published today by the Italian news agency ANSA reports that famous Italian actress Sophia Loren is among those who are publicly supporting the late Pope’s cause for beatification.

‘‘The memory of John Paul II is jealously guarded in my heart,’’ Loren said.

‘‘It is a daily memory,’’ she said, adding that she prayed at John Paul’s tomb ‘‘to bear witness to my great admiration and devotion.”

According to the ANSA article, which contains information gleaned from other Italian media sources, two new alleged miracles have been included in the official document being prepared in support of John Paul II’s beatification cause.

The two alleged miracles, ANSA reported, involve “a Polish boy with incurable kidney cancer who reportedly rose from his stretcher after visiting the pope’s tomb; and a Texas woman said to have recovered from respiratory failure after being given up for dead.”