Worshiper's pray during a mass celebrating the feast of Blessed Mother Marianne Cope (who is on the banner hanging in the background) at St. Anthony Convent Chapel in Syracuse.
The former leader of Syracuse’s Franciscan sisters is just one step from being named a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
A group of cardinals and bishops confirmed today a Vatican medical board’s finding that there is no medical explanation for a second miracle attributed to Blessed Mother Marianne Cope, known for her work with patients with leprosy in Hawaii.
With the approval of Pope Benedict XVI, Mother Marianne would become a saint, considered the church’s spiritual role models.
Read more here: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/vatican_group_confirms_second....
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