Pope Francis Praises First Native American St. Kateri Tekakwitha
| 08/30/2023
By: The Good Newsroom
During his Weekly General Audience today in the Vatican, Pope Francis praised St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint of North America, who was born in upstate New York. He encouraged us to learn from her how to “perform ordinary actions in an extraordinary way.”
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In this in-between stretch of Ordinary Time, between the high feast of Christmas and the solemn preparation of Lent, we find ourselves in a new place as we settle into the New Year.
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OSV News
| 01/17/2026
By all appearances, January's consistory was a first step to returning to a more collegial sense of governance that has largely marked the exercise of papal ministry since the Second Vatican Council.
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OSV News
| 01/17/2026
In today's Gospel, we learn a lot about what Jesus came to do. All of us need the healing mercy of our Lord. Father Salvo talks about those in greatest need of healing: the Pharisees.