Holy Child Society drops plan to transfer founder’s remains to Philadelphia
Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Perez delivers the homily at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia April 6, 2020. More than a thousand English Catholics are objecting to the proposed transfer of the relics of Mother Cornelia Connelly to the Philadelphia basilica. Mother Connelly, founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, was born in Philadelphia in 1809 but died in 1879 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com)
By Simon Caldwell • Catholic News Service • Posted February 26, 2021
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) A religious order has withdrawn its request to exhume its founder and transfer some of her remains from England to Philadelphia.
Cornelia Connelly: Plan to move nun s remains to US abandoned
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Some English Catholics object to transfer of nun s remains to Philadelphia
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