1946: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized by Pope Pius XII as the first American saint. The Italian-American nun ...

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago.

Lakeview Avenue has an honorary marker designating it as Mother Cabrini Drive and also Marv Levy Way, for the Chicago-born former coach of the Buffalo Bills. Feb. 4, 1910.

The film "Cabrini," in theaters Friday on International Women's Day, details the story of a woman many don't know by name.. But Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini should be more celebrated. An Italian ...

Now in theaters, the movie "Cabrini," which tells of the life of Mother Cabrini, a Catholic nun, has been hailed for its storytelling and cinematography. But some faith critics have issues with it.

If Mother Cabrini came to the United States today, she would most likely do so with an R-1 religious worker visa, which would permit her to stay up to 60 months with renewal.

Mother Cabrini recognized that to convert souls to God, one must constantly be undergoing an internal conversion of heart. After experiencing what we can presume was a bad sunburn on a voyage, ...

While Mother Cabrini’s work in New Orleans has made her name a household one among the city’s Catholics, Monteverde’s film focuses largely on her early life as a frail and sickly child in ...

Mother Cabrini witnessed the plight of Italian immigrants and many of their contemporaries who faced similar anti-immigrant rhetoric. Instead of joining that chorus, she pushed back through ...

The Mother Cabrini Shrine holds a Spanish mass every week, and welcomes those from all walks of life. "People just flock to the shrine for this two o'clock mass on Sunday.

Cabrini was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1946, making her the first canonized saint who was an American citizen. She died in 1917 in Chicago at a hospital she helped open in 1896.

“Cabrini” begins with an emotional scene that sets the tone for the rest of the story. An immigrant boy travels through the streets of New York with his sick mother in a wheelbarrow.