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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict presided over a ceremony on Sunday making six new saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including Mary MacKillop, Australia's first saint. Here are some key facts about ...

Catholic Australians are planning to mark the August 8 feast day of Blessed Mary MacKillop and the 100th anniversary of her death with Masses and various other celebrations in honor of the ...

Benedict XVI announced tonight at a meeting of cardinals in the Vatican that the canonisation ceremony of Mother Mary would take place on October 17. He recognised in December a miracle in which ...

Saint Mary MacKillop, best known in the Catholic Church as St. Mary of the Cross, lived her life by the motto of "never see a need without doing something about it." It was the foundation of how she ...

Australia is to get its first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop, a Melbourne-born nun who worked with needy children, Pope Benedict has announced. The Vatican said MacKillop, who died in 1909, would be ...

Pope Francis greets a child as he rides in the popemobile after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Below is the text of Pope Francis ...

An independent Catholic school will become the first in Wagga to shut its gates and send students home indefinitely in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.