The Pope noted that MacKillop did not have an easy path to fulfilling her mission of sharing the Good News with those in need, but she persevered. Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's ...

Hurrah for Pope Benedict’s canonization on Oct. 17 of an excommunicated 19th century nun, Mother Mary MacKillop, the first Australian saint. A woman of courage and integrity, she stood up for victims ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year of the canonization of the country’s first and only saint, St. Mary MacKillop. The pioneering religious sister founded the ...

VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop on Friday, making the woman known for her work among the needy Australia’s first saint. The pope made the ...

An app about Saint Mary MacKillop has been given an 'i-Blessing' by Father Phillip Marshall from the Catholic Church.(ABC News: Isabel Dayman) abc.net.au/news/mary ...

Father Paul Gardiner, who was instrumental in the push to see Mary MacKillop canonised as Australia's first saint, has died in Penola aged 93. He was devoted to the cause for more than two decades, ...

NORTH Sydney’s own Saint Mary MacKillop will be honoured by an American university as part of a sweeping move to rename campus buildings which had borne the names of priests who covered up the sexual ...

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At his first general audience in three weeks, Pope Francis praised the evangelization efforts of St. Mary MacKillop, a religious sister who devoted her life to providing Catholic education to the poor ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI today approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop, making the woman known for her work among the needy Australia’s first saint. The pope made the announcement during ...

Australia’s 5 million Catholics have their first saint after Pope Benedict XVI canonized Mary MacKillop, co-founder more than 140 years ago of an order of nuns known as the “Sisters of the Outback.” ...