5 Nuns the Church Tried to Silence

The Catholic Church has canonized some of its own harshest critics — women who built entire religious orders, then collided with the very men who were supposed to protect their work. One was excommunicated for protecting children from an abuser. Another had her life's vision undone by another saint, decades after she died. Another chose her calling over her own son crying at her feet. Mary MacKillop. Angela Merici. Jane Frances de Chantal. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Clare of Assisi. Were they silenced? ✦ Handcrafted rosaries for faithminine women → store.isabellique.com