IRONDALE, AL, October 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI has awarded EWTN foundress, Mother Mary Angelica, and Deacon Bill Steltemeier, Chairman of EWTN's Board of Governors, the Cross of Honor for distinguished service to the Church. The medal, officially known as "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" (literally "For the Church and the Pope"), is the highest honor that the Pope can bestow upon laity and religious.Good for her! My grandmother-- VERY Protestant-- in the last years of her life took to watching EWTN. Towards the end, the Mass on that station was about her only contact with a church.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Mother Angelica Honored-
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2 comments:
whats taken so long?
Hehe, I kind of wonder that... on the other hand, this IS the Mother Church we're talking about-- anything worth doing is worth taking decades. I'd much rather they delay a deserved reward than give rewards that end up being hype-based.
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