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Pope Francis has approved the beatification of 10 Polish nuns, all members of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Elizabeth, who were killed by Soviet troops in the waning days of World War II. Pictured clockwise are Sisters Maria Paschalis Jahn, Melusja, Edelburgis Kubitzki, Adel Schramm, Adelheidis Töpfer, Acutina Goldberg, Felicitas Ellmerer, Rosaria Schilling, Sabina Thienel and Sapientia Heymann. (CNS/Courtesy of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth)
Pope Francis has approved the beatification of 10 Polish nuns, all members of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Elizabeth, who were killed by Soviet troops in the waning days of World War II. Pictured clockwise are Sisters Maria Paschalis Jahn, Melusja,