Elizabeth Prout (pictured) has been approved by the Pope for the title of venerable
A Victorian nun known as the Mother Teresa of Manchester is on course to become Britain s second saint of modern times as the Pope approves her for the title of venerable .
Elizabeth Prout, who died 155 years ago, has been hailed by Vatican theologians as a figure who lived a life of heroic virtue .
Now the nun has taken another key step on the road to canonisation, as a Vatican bulletin announced yesterday that the Pope had approved Mother Elizabeth for the title of venerable .
She is remembered as an activist who opened a chain of schools for poor children and homes for destitute women across the industrialised North West, and is considered to have been ahead of her time in teaching women skills to earn their own living.
Elizabeth Prout (1820-1864). Courtesy of the Diocese of Shrewsbury.
CNA Staff, Jan 22, 2021 / 03:10 am (CNA).- An English Catholic bishop welcomed on Thursday a step forward in the sainthood cause of a religious sister who served poor communities ravaged by cholera and typhoid.
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury said on Jan. 21 that it was fitting that Elizabeth Prout’s cause was progressing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The bishop made the comment on the day that Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of the nun known as the “Mother Teresa of Manchester,” meaning that she can now be called “Venerable.”
“It seems appropriate this announcement came during the pandemic when we can look to Elizabeth’s example and ask the help of her prayers as a woman who helped many during the epidemics which swept the industrial communities of Victorian England,” Davies said.
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Pope advances sainthood causes of pro-life geneticist Lejeune, others
Jerome Lejeune, a French Catholic pediatrician and geneticist who died in 1994, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Lejeune, who was involved in discovering the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. (CNS photo/KNA)
By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted January 21, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister Elizabeth Prout, founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion.
The pope signed the decrees Jan. 21 during a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The Vatican published the decrees the same day.
Jerome Lejeune, a French Catholic pediatrician and geneticist (Wikimedia Commons)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister Elizabeth Prout, founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion.
The pope signed the decrees Jan. 21 during a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints Causes. The Vatican published the decrees the same day.
Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of Lejeune, the Catholic physician and researcher who was one of the three discoverers of the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome.