Kateri Tekakwitha 'The Lily of the Mohawks' 
It credits boy's recovery to miracle by Kateri Tekakwitha
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
. (Newser) – A young boy's recovery from flesh-eating bacteria will help a 17th-century woman become the first Native American saint in the Catholic Church, reports USA Today. The Vatican has called the recovery of Washington state's Jake Finkbonner from near death in 2006 a miracle that can be credited to Kateri Tekakwitha. Jake's family prayed to Tekakwitha, who was disfigured by smallpox herself as a girl in what is now upstate New York... Continue reading...
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