News | September 25, 2015 01:48 PM EDT
Pope Francis Makes Saint of Controversial Missionary - NBCNews.com
Pope Francis on Wednesday made a saint of a controversial 18th century missionary who converted thousands of Native Americans to Catholicism.
The canonization ceremony, the first on U.S. soil, was held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on the second day of Francis' three-city American tour.
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