Hawaii officially has a new saint. Pope Benedict XVI has named seven new saints, praising them as heroic and courageous examples. They include two Americans: Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for leprosy patients in Hawaii and Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the U.S.
Blessed Mother Marianne Cope ministered on Kalaupapa, Molokai from 1883 until her death in 1918.
Pope Benedict praised each of the seven as heroic and courageous examples for the entire church.
Nine patients of the former leprosy settlement in Kalaupapa, attended the canonization ceremony in Rome, along with more than 250 people from the Honolulu Diocese to witness the Blessed Mother Marianne become Hawaii’s second saint. Saint Damien was canonized in 2009.
KHON2 will air Saint Marianne, Call of Devotion commemorating the canonization, Sunday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m.
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