Patriarch: Beatified nun could inspire Christians

A newly beatified nun from the Holy Land could serve as an inspiration for Christians who remain there, said the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.

The Nov. 22 beatification “breathes upon us a new spirit, renews our church and invites us to the happy hope that we ourselves, too, can be saints like her,” said Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, referring to Blessed Soultaneh Maria Ghattas, founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Jerusalem.

“What the church needs most is the witness of saints,” he added in his homily at the beatification, a major step toward sainthood. “Holiness is the sign of the church’s credibility.”

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