The process began on January 17, 2000, and ended in 2019, making it the third fastest in recent history (27 years after his death), behind only the canonizations of St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Calcutta.

In the year of the opening, her remains, which had been buried in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Conception of Praia since 1992, were transferred to the Chapel of the Convent of St. Anthony, in the Sister Dulce Social Works.

In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI recognized the heroic virtues of the Servant of God, authorizing the granting of the title of Venerable Dulce Lopes Pontes, attesting that the religious lived the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and charity to a heroic degree. In June 2010, the exhumation and transfer of the relics to their final resting place in her Sanctuary took place.

In December of that same year, Pope Benedict XVI promulgated the decree of Beatification, and on May 22, 2011, the Good Angel of Brazil received the title of Blessed Dulce of the Poor.

On October 13, 2019, she was canonized at the Vatican by Pope Francis and recognized as Saint Dulce of the Poor.