Mary MacKillop To Become First Australian Saint
Her Work for the Church was sometimes controversial - and in 1871 she was excommunicated for insubordination.
The Church exonerated her three years later and she was eventually put on the road to sainthood by Pope John Paul II, who beatified her in 1995.
For anyone to become a saint, the Church has Thurs officially recognise them as having carried out two miracles.
Pope John Paul II recognized the first, and last year Pope Benedict credited her with curing a person of cancer.Read More Story,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8523865.stm
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