Two of the new saints were Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the U.S., and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for leprosy patients in ...

ROME >> Marianne Cope is now the patron saint of outcasts, being elevated to the Roman Catholic church's highest honor for her work on Oahu, Maui and Molokai’s remote Kalaupapa Peninsula, where ...

During a tragic era in Hawaiian history, more than 8,000 people with leprosy — now known as Hansen's disease — were banished to the island of Molokai. Mother Marianne Cope began caring for ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Sharon Smith, who the Vatican deemed the second miracle recipient from Saint Marianne Cope, has died, according to the Syracuse Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mother Marianne Cope – along with another North American, Kateri Tekakwitha – became a saint, a designation so difficult to achieve that only 10 other Americans have been canonized before her.

Syracuse, N.Y. (RNS) The remains of St. Marianne Cope, one of 11 American Catholic saints, will be returned to Hawaii, where the Franciscan sister ministered among patients with leprosy for 35 years.

Is she the patron saint of the current pandemic? Depends on who you ask. ... St. Marianne Cope (1838-1918) was a Franciscan who worked with leprosy patients in Hawaii.

At the time of his death on April 2, 2005, devotion to Pope John Paul II was already widespread and cries of “Santo Subito!” (Saint Now!) were heard in St. Peter’s Square following his passing.

On Nov. 8 in 1883, Saint Marianne Cope arrived in Hawaii to take care of people with Hansen’s disease — more commonly known as leprosy — at Kalaupapa on Moloka’i. The day was heralded as ...

Mother Marianne Cope – along with another North American, Kateri Tekakwitha – became a saint, a designation so difficult to achieve that only 10 other Americans have been canonized before her.