First Native American Cleared for Sainthood by Vatican

First Native American Cleared for Sainthood by Vatican:

By ICTMN Staff December 19, 2011 A statue of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be certified a Saint by the Catholic Church, at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, near Quebec City. The Vatican today announced that the Mohawk-Algonquin ...

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