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| Pope to canonise first Australian | Pope to canonise first Australian |
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| Australia is to get its first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop, a Melbourne-born nun who worked with needy children, Pope Benedict has announced. | Australia is to get its first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop, a Melbourne-born nun who worked with needy children, Pope Benedict has announced. |
| The Vatican said MacKillop, who died in 1909, would be canonised on 17 October. | The Vatican said MacKillop, who died in 1909, would be canonised on 17 October. |
| Her work for the Church was sometimes controversial - and in 1871 she was excommunicated for insubordination. | |
| The Church exonerated her three years later and she was eventually put on the road to sainthood by Pope John Paul II, who beatified her in 1995. | The Church exonerated her three years later and she was eventually put on the road to sainthood by Pope John Paul II, who beatified her in 1995. |
| For anyone to become a saint, the Church has to officially recognise them as having carried out two miracles. | For anyone to become a saint, the Church has to officially recognise them as having carried out two miracles. |
| Pope John Paul II recognised the first, and last year Pope Benedict credited her with curing a person of cancer. | Pope John Paul II recognised the first, and last year Pope Benedict credited her with curing a person of cancer. |