From the Archives - Action News coverage of Saint Katharine Drexel's Beatification and Canonization

Tuesday, March 26, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When Katharine Drexel was elevated to Sainthood in 2000, Action News reporter Cathy Gandolfo was there. Cathy traveled to Rome for the ceremony, which was led by Pope John Paul II, and attended by Philadelphia Archbishop Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua.

It was not Cathy's first trip to Rome to cover Philadelphia's Saint. She was also there in 1988 as the Pope beatified then Mother Drexel, making her eligible for sainthood.
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Action News was in Rome for the Beatification of Katharine Drexel


Back home, Action News reporter Dwayne Jackson visited the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament as they celebrated the beatification of their founder.
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Action News reports from Bensalem on the Beatification of Katharine Drexel
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