Pope names first Native American saint

This story was filed on November 2, 2012

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN (CNN) – Sunday was a big day for Catholics in North America. Thousands of miles away in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI named 17th century Mohawk Kateri Tekakwitha the first Native American saint. Another newly named saint is Marianne Cope, a German-born woman who emigrated to the United States as a child, […]read more

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