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In 2000, Pope John Paul II approved sainthood for Katharine Drexel (Catherine Marie Drexel), a Philadelphia socialite who had taken a vow of poverty and devoted her fortune to helping poor blacks and American Indians. (Drexel, who died in 1955, was canonized in October 2000.) #PopeJohnPaulII #KatharineDrexel

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