WASHINGTON—To honor the fiftieth anniversary of the Second
Vatican Council and the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism
of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a Year
of Faith, starting October 11 and ending November 24, 2013,
meant to strengthen the faith of Catholics and draw the world to
faith by their example. Pope Benedict has encouraged Catholics
to study the lives of the saints as part of the Year of Faith in
order to follow their example. Jeannine Marino, program
specialist for the Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offers "10
American Saints for the Year of Faith" to help Catholics learn
about the lives of the saints and to appreciate the history of
the Catholic faith in America. Marino is a canon lawyer who has
served as a postulator and advisor to several canonization
causes. A postulator conducts research into the life of a
proposed saint. Two saints from the list, Marianne Cope, OSF and
Kateri Tekakwitha, will be canon