How can I find out how close Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha is to becoming a saint?
Is there anyone whom I can contact? A: For those not acquainted with her, Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) was the daughter of a Christian Algonquin married to an Iroquois chief. Born close to modern-day Auriesville, New York, Kateri was orphaned at age four and became a Catholic 15 years later. She eventually moved to a Christian Native American village near Montreal. There she died a natural death. Kateri was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1980. A word about the beatification/canonization process: This is referred to as that persons cause. The person who does most of the work promoting it on the local level is called the vice postulator. The postulator for a cause usually lives in or near Rome and handles a number of cases. If a person is not a martyr, he or she needs one medical miracle to be beatified and another one to be canonized. Reported miracles are examined by separate teams of doctors, theologians and cardinals before they are formally recognized as such. For information ab
