Australia's first saint becomes canonized for her work
By Talek Harris | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-18 08:05
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A nun stands in front of a portrait at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, showing Australian Mary MacKillop before a canonization mass led by Pope Benedict XVI at St Peter's Square on Sunday. Six new saints were anointed during the mass, including Mary MacKillop, a pioneering outback schoolteacher, posthumously honored for her work. Christophe Simon / Agence France-Presse |
SYDNEY - Mary MacKillop, who was scheduled to be canonized on Sunday as Australia's first saint, was a pioneering educator and nun who touched thousands of lives and clashed with the church after exposing a pedophile priest.
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