Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, a Black religious sister who founded the country’s first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829.

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Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange ─ a Black Catholic nun who founded the United States’ first African American religious congregation ... Delille, Father Augustus Tolton and Pierre Toussaint.

Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, a Black religious sister who founded the country’s first African-American religious congregation in Baltimore ...