Media outlets twisted the story of Bl. Mary MacKillop to say she was excommunicated for exposing a priest who sexually abused children, the postulator for her canonization cause is charging. He feared ...

Hurrah for Pope Benedict’s canonization on Oct. 17 of an excommunicated 19th century nun, Mother Mary MacKillop, the first Australian saint. A woman of courage and integrity, she stood up for victims ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year of the canonization of the country’s first and only saint, St. Mary MacKillop. The pioneering religious sister founded the ...

Great excitement is emanating from Australia as the date for the canonization of Blessed Mary MacKillop approaches. She will be officially welcomed into the ranks of the saints by Pope Benedict XVI in ...

More details of the connection between Blessed Mary MacKillop’s excommunication and the sisters’ reporting of sexual abuse. This time, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, MacKillop’s order, ...

VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop on Friday, making the woman known for her work among the needy Australia’s first saint. The pope made the ...

The Pope noted that MacKillop did not have an easy path to fulfilling her mission of sharing the Good News with those in need, but she persevered. Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's ...

Amid the widespread celebration over the naming of Australia's first saint there was good reason to remember that the Melbourne-born nun was occasionally treated dreadfully unfairly by members of the ...

More than 60 years ago, we were living in a far north-west Queensland town where there was a train out twice weekly. My Aboriginal mother took me to the local boarding school run by the Sisters of St ...

Pope Francis greets a child as he rides in the popemobile after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Below is the text of Pope Francis ...