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WORLD: First female Saint named to India
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October 12, 2008
First female Saint named to India


(NECN) - India now has its first female saint.

Pope Benedict proclaimed four new saints during a canonization ceremony this morning in St. Peter's Square.

Among them, an Indian nun named Sister Alphonsa.

Pope Benedict praised Saint Alphonsa and expressed his hopes for religious tolerance in India.

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