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demosincebirth

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Mon Jan 2, 2012, 05:55 PM Jan 2012

Two more Americans on way to Sainthood

Sainthood next year for 2 from NY's Mohawk Valley
By CHRIS CAROLA | AP – 3 hrs ago


FONDA, N.Y. (AP) — No one making a religious pilgrimage to Catholic shrines in this scenic yet hardscrabble stretch of New York's Mohawk Valley is going to mistake it for Italy. Yet starting next year, the region can boast of being the home of two of the Roman Catholic Church's newest saints.

The Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk Indian, spent most of her life here during the 17th century. About 200 years later and 40 miles to the west, the Blessed Mother Marianne Cope began a religious life that focused on providing medical care in central New York and the Hawaiian islands.

On Dec. 20, Pope Benedict XVI certified miracles attributed to the two women, the final step toward sainthood. The women's canonization is expected to happen this year.

When they are elevated to sainthood, they'll be among just 12 of the Catholic Church's thousands of saints who either were born in America or ministered in what is now the United States.

Elevation to sainthood for Blessed Kateri, a first for a Native American, is expected to boost visits to a pair of local shrines linked to her life. The National Shrine of the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in Fonda and the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs in nearby Auriesville are located amid the hilly terrain and faded industrial towns along the Mohawk River Valley that stretches from the Albany area to Utica.

http://news.yahoo.com/sainthood-next-2-nys-mohawk-valley-161012044.html

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Two more Americans on way to Sainthood (Original Post) demosincebirth Jan 2012 OP
Has any beatified individual ever been turn down for Sainthood in the last 200-300 years? brooklynite Jan 2012 #1
Notker the Stammerer has been waiting since 1512. rug Jan 2012 #2
No one knows about him so we don't pray to him for intercessions demosincebirth Jan 2012 #3
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