CNA Staff, Oct 20, 2020 / 07:30 am
The beatification cause of a Polish missionary doctor known as the "mother of lepers" was opened Sunday.
Bishop Damian Bryl inaugurated the diocesan phase of the cause of Wanda Błeńska at Poznań Cathedral, western Poland, Oct. 18, the feast of St. Luke, patron of doctors.
Błeńska spent more than 40 years in Uganda caring for sufferers from Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy, training local doctors, and turning St. Francis Hospital in Buluba into an internationally respected treatment center.
Following the opening of her cause, Bryl preached at a Mass in the cathedral, describing Błeńska as a woman of faith whose actions were rooted in prayer.