RNS ABUSE SAINT

(RNS1-SEP29) Mother Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first native-born saint, will be canonized on Oct. 17 and is already being floated as the unofficial patron saint of whistleblowers for reporting an abusive priest. For use with RNS-ABUSE-SAINT, transmitted Sept. 28, 2010. RNS photo courtesy Trustees of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

(RNS1-SEP29) Mother Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first native-born saint, will be canonized on Oct. 17 and is already being floated as the unofficial patron saint of whistleblowers for reporting an abusive priest. For use with RNS-ABUSE-SAINT, transmitted Sept. 28, 2010. RNS photo courtesy Trustees of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

RNS ABUSE SAINT