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Jake Finkbonner, 12, the "miracle boy" whose recovery from a dread illness was deemed miraculous and led to the canonization of the first Native American, stands with his family: father Donny; mother Elsa; Marie, 7; and Miranda, 10, just below the steps at St Peter's in Vatican City. The family attended Sunday, October 21, 2012, the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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An unidentified person attends the canonization ceremony of seven new saints, including Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native American, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at St. Peter's in Vatican City. Jake Finkbonner, a member of the Lummi tribe, was infected with a flesh-eating bacteria. The Vatican determined that his recovery was a miracle due to the intercession of Kateri Tekakwitha. (Riccardo De Luca/MCT)
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Four Jicarilla Apache women from Dulce, New Mexico, attend the canonizing ceremony of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint, at St. Peter's in Vatican City on Sunday, October 21, 2012. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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Cindy Ginnish, 51, a Micmac tribe member from Newfoundland, wears a T-shirt her mother gave her showing Kateri Tekakwitha, now St. Kateri, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on Sunday, October 21, 2012. (Roy Gutman/MCT)
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An unidentified person holds a banner portraying Kateri Tekakwitha at St. Peter's in Vatican City. Jake Finkbonner, a member of the Lummi tribe, was infected with a flesh-eating bacteria. The Vatican determined that his recovery was a miracle due to the intercession of Kateri Tekakwitha. (Riccardo De Luca/MCT)
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Pilgrims hold a banner portraying Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at St. Peter's in Vatican City. Jake Finkbonner, a member of the Lummi tribe, was infected with a flesh-eating bacteria. The Vatican determined that his recovery was a miracle due to the intercession of Kateri Tekakwitha. (Riccardo De Luca/MCT)
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Unidentified people attend the canonization ceremony of seven new saints, including Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native American, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at St. Peter's in Vatican City. Jake Finkbonner, a member of the Lummi tribe, was infected with a flesh-eating bacteria. The Vatican determined that his recovery was a miracle due to the intercession of Kateri Tekakwitha. (Riccardo De Luca/MCT)
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Two unidentified people hold up a flag portraying Kateri Tekakwitha, the first American Indian saint, at a canonization ceremony in Vatican City on Sunday, October 21, 2012. (Riccardo De Luca/MCT)
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An unidentified person dressed in Native American regalia attends the canonization ceremony of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first American Indian saint, at St. Peter's in Vatican City on Sunday, October 21, 2012. (Riccardo De Luca/MCT)
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A large crowd gathers at St. Peter's square in Vatican City during a ceremony attended by Pope Benedict XVI, not seen, for the canonization of seven new saints, including Kateri Tekakwitha, the first American Indian saint, on Sunday, October 21, 2012. (Riccardo De Luca/MCT)
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