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Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Apostle of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
"Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us!" This invocation, pronounced for the first time by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII on the day of her Canonization, found an echo throughout the entire world.
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On that memorable Sunday, July 7, 1946, the banner of the new saint was triumphantly carried into the Vatican Basilica amidst the applause of 40,000 people. Ordinarily, the Canonization of a saint takes place many years, centuries even, after that person's death.
Mother Cabrini's Beatification, however, took place in 1938, only twenty-one years after her death. Pope Pius XII signed the decree of canonization in 1944, and the ceremony elevating her to the altars of the Church was the first one celebrated after the close of World War II.
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