Pope Benedict XVI, welcomed and ratified the vows of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, and declared: "The theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity both towards God and towards our neighbor, as well as the cardinal virtues of Prudence, Justice, Temperance and Fortitude and those attached, to a heroic degree, of the Servant of God Mary Frances of the Cross (born Amalia Franziska Rosa Streitel), founder of the Congregation of the Sorrowful Mother".