A painting depicts Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore, the world's first sustained women's religious community for Black women. Pope Francis signed a decree June 22, 2023, recognizing the heroic virtues of Mother Lange and declaring her "venerable." (OSV News photo/courtesy Catholic Review)
Mother Lange, who is now ‘venerable,’ is nation’s ‘greatest model for evangelization,’ says deacon
‘Today’s news marks an important step forward in the path towards her beatification’
