Pope names 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith

Pope names 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith
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Oct 21, 6:59 AM (ET)
By NICOLE WINFIELD

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models in a bid to reinvigorate the faith in parts of the world where it's lagging.
Two of the new saints were Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the U.S., and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for leprosy patients in Hawaii.http://apnews.myway.com/article/20121021/DA21TB6O1.html