Black nun advances closer to sainthood
The bed of Mother Mary Lange, the leader of the country's first community of Black nuns, is displayed at the St. Francis Academy in Baltimore, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005. Under a decree signed by Pope Francis on Thursday, June 22, Lange was recognized for her heroic virtue, and advanced in the cause of her beatification from being considered servant of God to venerable - another step toward sainthood.
(AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)
Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange — a Black Catholic nun who founded the United States' first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829 — has advanced another step toward sainthood.
Under a decree signed by Pope Francis on Thursday, June 22, Lange was recognized for her heroic virtue, and advanced in the cause of her beatification from being considered a servant of God to a "venerable servant...
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