This is an old Mohawk blessing. Pronounced She:kon (Say go) Skennon ko:wa (Skennin go wah), it means Hello, Great Peace be with you! I could almost hear Saint Kateri Tekakwitha saying those words to ...

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 ...

St. Kateri is the patron of Native Americans and people in exile, as well as patron of ecology and the environment. Her feast day is July 14. This portrait was painted around 1696 by Father Claude ...

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, the pope spoke ...

Shrines to various saints can be found in every part of the world, including every state in the U.S. Each one is dedicated to faith and prayer, but one shrine in the northeastern United States also ...

This week the Catholic Church took a crucial step toward canonizing Kateri Tekakwitha, who would be America’s first indigenous saint. But Bill Donahue argues that like with most saints the church has ...

KIM LAWTON, correspondent: This is the Grand Entry procession at the annual Tekakwitha Conference. Native American Catholics from more than 100 indigenous tribes across the US and Canada have gathered ...

ALBANY — Some traditional Mohawks are treating the naming of the nation's first Native American saint with skepticism, and fear that the Roman Catholic Church is using it to shore up its image and ...

An Irondequoit Catholic school that teaches preschool through fifth-grade students will close in June, according to a letter sent out to parents on Friday. Saint Kateri School, which first opened in ...