India's first woman saint | October 11, 2008

A Roman Catholic nun, Sister Alphonsa, will become India's first woman saint on Sunday when she is canonised by Pope Benedict at the Vatican.

Coming amid some of the worst anti-Christian riots in India in decades, the ceremony at the Vatican is expected to be watched on television by millions in India, with tens of thousands also expected at the church near Kottayam in Sister Alphonsa's native Kerala state.

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