Sr Alicia Vacas Moro
Photo: U.S. Embassy to the Holy See A religious sister and registered nurse who served those sick with Covid-19 in Italy has been honoured by the US State Department with the “Women of Courage” Award.
Sr Alicia Vacas Moro is a Comboni Missionary Sister originally from Spain who has served the poor and the sick as a nurse in Egypt, the West Bank, and amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Sr Vacas was awarded the International Women of Courage Award by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in a virtual ceremony on March 8 along with 13 other women.
Ahead of the ceremony, the US embassy Chargé d’Affaires Patrick Connell said that he was personally inspired by “Sr Alicia’s lifetime devotion to peace and justice, especially on behalf of the most vulnerable”.
“For more than 20 years Sr Alicia has served in war-torn communities in the Middle East advocating for those who could not speak for themselves in places besieged by war and insecurity,” Mr Connell said.