The cholera epidemic that ravaged Baltimore in the summer of 1832 was one of the worst public health crises the city ever faced.
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Advocates for Mother Mary Lange Hail ‘Movement’ in Her Sainthood Cause
African American Catholics plan to visit the Vatican in November to promote the cause for Mother Mary Lange, one of six African American Catholics who are candidates for sainthood.
Calling It a ‘Missouri Miracle,’ Pilgrims Flock to See Nun’s Preserved Body
Hundreds of people daily are visiting a Benedictine monastery in a rural area north of Kansas City, Missouri, to witness what many are calling a “Miracle in Missouri” — a nun’s exhumed body that shows no signs of decay.
Vatican Accepts ‘Positio’ in Mother Lange’s Cause; Dicastery to Review Documents on Her Life
The canonization cause of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the world’s first sustained women’s religious community for Black women, has taken a step forward.
Pioneer Black Nuns Conquered Racism, Opened Schools And Hospitals
They were Catholic religious women, dedicated to educating children, treating the sick and helping the poor and enslaved in pre-Civil War America. But when they attempted to enter and live in convents, they were turned away — because they were black.