
Mother Cabrini: The First American Citizen to be Named a Saint
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born in 1850, died in 1917 and was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1946.
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born in 1850, died in 1917 and was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1946.
From coast to coast, the shrines to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini testify to the profound love, impact and even miracles this Italian immigrant and U.S. citizen-saint known as ‘Mother Cabrini’ worked in the lives of countless Americans.
The new Mother Cabrini statue was unveiled Monday, Columbus Day, in lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City overlooking New York Harbor, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
The Holy Father said Jan. 15 that her witness can help us learn ‘to take care of our foreign brother, in whom Jesus is present, often suffering.’
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