Pope honors Blessed Elżbieta Róża Czacka during general audience

During a general audience at St. Peter's Square, the Pope addressed Polish pilgrims regarding the Year of Blessed Elżbieta Róża Czacka. He praised her for courageously embracing her disability and becoming a “blind mother of the blind” through her extensive works.

Czacka founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross, an order dedicated to serving the visually impaired. The Pope encouraged the faithful to let her religious congregation strengthen their testimony to God's salvation.

Blessed Elżbieta Róża Czacka was beatified in Warsaw on September 12, 2021, alongside Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. The year 2026 has been designated as the Year of Blessed Mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka.