Adelaide, Australia, Aug 9, 2013 / 15:13 pm
Pope Francis has recently named three South Australian Catholics to the Order of St. Gregory the Great, the single highest honor the Pope can bestow on an individual.
"Their lives are exemplary models of Christian living, and all of them are well recognized in the community as people of the highest integrity, distinction and leadership," stated Archbishop Philip E. Wilson of Adelaide, Australia.
The Archdiocese of Adelaide announced the awards in a recent press release. The recipients of the pontifical award had been recommended to the Holy Father by the archbishop.
Pope Gregory XVI established the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1831 to honor a former Pope, St. Gregory the Great, who is regarded as an esteemed theologian of the sixth century.