Last year she was awarded an honorary title of nobility by the Vatican; it was an affirmation of her contribution to mankind and society. The Vatican only began to give such an award to women in 1995, which was the United Nations International Year of the Woman. It goes only to women who have made important contributions to mankind; less than ten women in the world have been thus recognized.
她去年獲得教廷晉封「爵士」，這是一種肯定教友對人類與社會的貢獻，而頒給的榮譽頭銜，教廷是在一九九五年聯合國國際婦女年始將此獎也頒給對人類有貢獻的卓越婦女，目前全球獲得這個爵位的女性不超過十名。