The recent art project at The Church of St. Francis Xavier in Lower Manhattan, painted by Patricia Brintle of Queens, has received a national award from an organization that promotes stewardship of “sacred spaces.”
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The recent art project at The Church of St. Francis Xavier in Lower Manhattan, painted by Patricia Brintle of Queens, has received a national award from an organization that promotes stewardship of “sacred spaces.”
Josephine Bakhita chose to love. She eventually reached Italy, where she won her freedom, embraced Catholicism, and became a nun. In 2000, she became Saint Josephine Bakhita.
Male-female relationships based on “discrimination and submission” lead to the exploitation and humiliation of thousands of women and girls each year, Pope Francis said.