Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha will be the first Native American saint when she is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI this year. As Kateri Tekakwitha lay on her deathbed, adorned in her finest clothing in ...

As Kateri Tekakwitha lay on her deathbed, adorned in her finest clothing in preparation to meet her heavenly Spouse, those gathered around her knew they were losing a saintly young woman advanced in ...

VATICAN CITY — Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints onto the roster ...

FONDA — Years of prayer and lobbying the Vatican for sainthood by devotees of Kateri Tekakwitha at local shrines were met with jubilation Saturday after Pope Benedict XVI announced Oct. 21 as the ...

Thousands of pieces of paper, all cut into the shape of autumn leaves, hang from the branches of a tree near the altar at St. Lucy Church on the Near West Side of Syracuse. Every leaf carries the name ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) Sister Kateri Mitchell was born and raised on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation along the St. Lawrence River. She grew up hearing stories about Kateri Tekakwitha, the 17th-century ...

A mosaic of St. Kateri Tekakwitha is seen in the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. She was the first Native American woman canonized in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman holds a painting representing Kateri Tekakwitha in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City on October 21, 2012. Pope ...

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. She was canonized recently by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. This young woman was ...