Pope Benedict XVI has approved seven new saints for the Catholic Church, including Hawaii’s Mother Marianne Cope and a 17th-century Native American, Caterina (Kateri) Tekakwitha.
On Tuesday, Pope Benedict signed decrees approving miracles attributed to the intercession of the seven. These decrees are the final step before they canonization. The Holy Father also signed decrees that that 65 Catholic...s died as martyrs during Spain’s civil war and will be beatified.
Blessed Marianne Cope cared for leprosy patients on Hawaii’s Molokai peninsula in the late 1880s, soon after the death of Father Damien, who was canonized in 2009. During the November meeting of the US Bishops a decision was made to add her to the calendar Tekakwitha, who lived from 1656-1680 in the U.S. and Canada, became the first Native American to be beatified in 1980.
On Tuesday, Pope Benedict signed decrees approving miracles attributed to the intercession of the seven. These decrees are the final step before they canonization. The Holy Father also signed decrees that that 65 Catholic...s died as martyrs during Spain’s civil war and will be beatified.
Blessed Marianne Cope cared for leprosy patients on Hawaii’s Molokai peninsula in the late 1880s, soon after the death of Father Damien, who was canonized in 2009. During the November meeting of the US Bishops a decision was made to add her to the calendar Tekakwitha, who lived from 1656-1680 in the U.S. and Canada, became the first Native American to be beatified in 1980.
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