�y��vlog

The statue would have been placed in a temple, so the gods would think Ur-Ningirsu was standing there in perpetual adoration.

The one battle none of us offspring could win was the one over “perpetual adoration.”

The congregation name will remain Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, McKenzie said.

Goodman also recalled their neighbors at the time behind the house, a convent for members of the Religious of Perpetual Adoration order.

The bishops also voted to endorse a campaign seeking sainthood for Sister Thea Bowman, a Mississippi-born descendant of slaves who became the first black member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and — in 1989 — the first black woman to address a national meeting of the bishops' conference.