Kateri Tekakwitha to become first Native American saint
Kateri Tekakwitha to become first Native American saint
Kateri will become the first Native American saint. (STAN
HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) Kateri Tekakwitha – whose smallpox scars are
said to have healed on her deathbed – is to become the first Native American saint on Oct. 21, Pope Benedict XVI said today.