The Atlantic

First Native American Saint Opens New Chapter of Catholic History

On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American Saint, and six others in front of some 80,000 people at Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. These kinds of ...
al.com

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...
Yahoo! Sports

Kateri Tekakwitha Becomes First American Indian Saint

Kateri Tekakwitha was named the first Native American saint today by Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony held in St. Peter’s Square. Some 80,000 people came to the open-air ceremony as the 17th century ...
Hartford Courant

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote ...
Detroit News

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint

Kwethluk, Alaska — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an ...