SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sister Kateri Mitchell was born and raised on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation along the St. Lawrence River. She grew up hearing stories about Kateri Tekakwitha, the 17th ...

“We’ve been praying every morning for this for 12 years,” said Msgr. Michael Slattery of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church in Santa Clarita. Slattery is hosting an afternoon Mass on ...

The first ever Native American saint has been canonised by the Roman Catholic Church in a ceremony at the Vatican. Kateri Tekakwitha - sometimes known as Lily of the Mohawks - died more than 300 ...

ALBANY — A Native American ritual smudge ceremony will begin a Mass at 3 p.m. Sunday to honor newly canonized Saint Kateri Tekakwitha at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The rite ...