Pro-Life activist Ruth Pakaluk recognized as Servant of God

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican granted a nihil obstat to the cause for the beatification and canonization of Ruth V.K. Pakaluk. What this means is that there is “nothing in the way” for the local Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, to begin the cause. With this announcement, she can be officially referred to as “Servant of God,” the first step in a long road before she can be known as a canonized saint. Many have come to know about the life of Ruth Pakaluk through the book, The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God. It contains various letters from Ruth that were compiled and edited by her husband, Michael Pakaluk.