On This Day, Oct. 21: Kateri Tekakwitha becomes 1st Native American saint https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2026/10/21/On-This-Day-Kateri-Tekakwitha-becomes-1st-Native-American-saint/9491792548148/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
UPIOn This Day, Oct. 21: Kateri Tekakwitha becomes 1st Native American saint - UPI.comOn Oct. 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Kateri Tekakwitha as the first Native American to become a saint.