Kateri Tekakwitha
New Native American saint Kateri Tekakwitha stirs mixed emotions
By Renée K. Gadoua — October 16, 2012
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday was declared the first Native American saint, and while some see her story as an affirmation of Native Americans' place in the Catholic Church, others view it as the result of the excesses and arrogance of colonialism. By Renee K. Gadoua.
Catholics walk the ground traveled by new Native American saint
By Renée K. Gadoua — July 26, 2012
(RNS) Hundreds of pilgrims are visiting the upstate New York shrine to Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, the 17th-century Native American woman who will become the Catholic Church's first Native American saint this October. By Renee K. Gadoua.
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