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Pope to name 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith

Two nuns look at tapestries of saints-to-be from left; Kateri Tekakwitha, Maria del Carmen, Pedro Calungsod, Jacques Berthieu, Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Mother Marianne Cope, and Anna Shaeffer hanging from St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The seven will be declared saints in a ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Associated Press/Alessandra Tarantino - Two nuns look at tapestries of saints-to-be from left; Kateri Tekakwitha, Maria del Carmen, Pedro Calungsod, Jacques Berthieu, Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Mother Marianne Cope, and Anna Shaeffer hanging from St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The seven will be declared saints in a ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

 Pope Benedict XVI is adding seven moresaints onto the roster of Catholic role models as he tries to rekindle the faith in places where it's lagging. Two of them are Americans:Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the U.S. and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for lepers in Hawaii.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

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