Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:53:41 GMT — Upon arrival at the Oahu Branch Hospital for people with leprosy Mother Marianne Cope witnessed the worst of humanity. The 19th century Hawaiian government had sent men ...

HONOLULU (AP) – In life, Mother Marianne Cope was known for her strength and kindness, battling bureaucrats in Hawaii as she led a group of fellow Franciscan nuns to care for leprosy patients in the ...

KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (RNS) With the Oct. 21 canonization of Mother Marianne Cope at the Vatican, the remaining patients at the Hawaiian leper colony where she worked want to ensure their stories are ...

HONOLULU (AP) — In life, Mother Marianne Cope was known for her strength and kindness, battling bureaucrats in Hawaii as she led a group of fellow Franciscan nuns to care for leprosy patients in the ...

Three upstate Franciscan nuns plan to travel to Hawaii Jan. 22 to bring back the remains of a woman who led their religious community more than a century ago and may be considered for Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY — Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints onto the roster ...