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.

Taking the religious name St. Mary of the Cross, Sr. MacKillop founded what would go on to be the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Pope Benedict XVI officially recognises Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop, a Melbourne-born nun who worked with needy children.

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.

Australia gets its first saint Mary MacKillop, co-founder of the 'Sisters of the Outback,' canonized more than 100 years after her death.

During a service yesterday at St Mary's Church, North Sydney to mark the centenary of MacKillop's death, Cardinal Pell, the Archbishop of Sydney, said her sainthood was ''almost completely certain''.

In his general audience, Pope Francis describes the evangelizing spirit of St. Mary MacKillop, who dedicated her life to the intellectual and religious formation of the poor in rural Australia.

When it comes to history, the Limestone Coast's oldest town, Penola, is blessed with the goods, from country estates to heritage buildings and of course, Australia's only saint.

It's taken 85 years and two miracles for Australia's 5 million Catholics to get their first saint, who will be canonised later this year. Born in Melbourne in 1842, Mother Mary MacKillop is ...

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 ...

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 ...