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Italian nun who died 100 years ago on journey to sainthood

Sister Maria Carola Cecchin who served in Mt Kenya region in the early 1900s. Pope Francis last month bestowed on her the title venerable, setting in motion a process of potential sainthood. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

Sister Maria Carola Cecchin could be the second nun to be canonised after Sister Irene Stefani (Nyaatha) was beatified in Nyeri in 2015.

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