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  • Pope Benedict XVI appoints St. Regis native Sr. Kateri Mitchell named a pontifical consultor

    Pat Hendrick|Mar 12, 2009

    By Pat Hendrick, staff writer North Country Catholic St. Regis - Sister Kateri Mitchell is one of a kind in a couple of ways. Pope Benedict XVI has appointed her consultor with the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the first Catholic Native Ameri­can to hold the position. Plus, Sister Kateri, a Sister of St. Ann, is the first Native American nun from the St. Regis (Akwesasne) Reserva­tion that straddles northern Franklin county and western Quebec, “I was born, raised and edu...