St. Kateri Tekakwitha teaches us to live an ordinary holiness and to confront the suffering of life with patience, Pope Francis said on Wednesday. At his weekly public audience Aug. 30 ...

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 her brief lifetime, Kateri Tekakwitha inspired the faithful with her devotion to Christianity and her work with the sick and elderly. Since her death nearly four centuries ago, believers say ...

A painting of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha by Meltem Aktas hangs in the chapel at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Ill. She is to be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21. (Karen Callaway/Catholic New ...

VATICAN CITY—Kateri Tekakwitha, a woman credited with life-saving miracles, has become the first aboriginal who lived in what is now Canadian territory to become a saint after a canonization ...

Alma Ransom: An organizer of the Mohawk delegation to the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha on Oct. 21 Background: Born and raised on the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation, she graduated from St ...

To the Editor: Reading about Mother Marianne Cope and Kateri Tekawitha, the new saints with Central New York connections, I find it interesting that one viewed God's will as being that she should ...

FONDA -- Each year, people gather on a path toward peace at a shrine to a 17th century Indian woman named Kateri Tekawitha, who is revered for her devout Christian faith. About the Peace ...

Proclaiming seven new saints -- including St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Marianne Cope from North America -- Pope Benedict XVI said they are examples to the world of total dedication to Christ and ...

St. Peter Claver Church in Wapato will host a fourth anniversary Mass at 10 a.m. today in honor of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, who was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. Kateri was born in 1656 ...

In observance of the canonization of the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday, Oct. 21, by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, a statue of St. Kateri will be on display at St. Mary's Church Oct. 20 and 21 ...