A painting portraying St. Kateri Tekakwitha is seen during a Mass of thanksgiving celebrated in honor of her Oct. 21 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y. Pope Benedict XVI created seven new saints the same day, including St. Kateri, a 16th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman known as the “Lily of t he Mohawks.” She is regarded as the first Native American saint. (CNS photo/Jason Greene, Reuters) (Oct. 22, 2012) See SAINTS-MASS Oct. 21, 2012.
