At a January 20 private audience, Pope Francis encouraged the Sisters of Social Service to challenge social injustice, but “only with the weapons of charity.
Many Christians who died for the faith did so not because they were denied the freedom to worship, but because they were living out their faith and defending freedom, justice and truth, Pope Francis said.
Social Service Sr. Margaret Slachta, the first woman to be elected to parliament in Hungary, fled her beloved country in 1949 for the U.S., where she died in 1974. In 2021, she was honored as her remains returned home.
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During a ceremony July 7 in the East Room of the White House, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 recipients, including lesbian soccer star and activist Megan Rapinoe.