Mary MacKillop The process to have MacKillop declared a saint began in the 1920s, and she was beatified in January 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Pope Benedict XVI prayed at her tomb during his visit to Sydney for World Youth Day 2008 and in December 2009 approved the Catholic Church's recognition of a second miracle attributed to her intercession. She was canonised on 17 October 2010, during a public ceremony in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint. Mary Helen MacKillop was born on 15 January 1842
Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols 1266. Moreover, noteworthy are a mosaic Icon from the eleventh century portraying the Theotokos, and four Icons dating from the thirteenth and fourteenth century. Under the church are visible excavations, and an underground passage said to reach Hagia Sophia (although the two buildings are several kilometers apart). Despite its historical importance, the church has never been studied from an architectural point of view. Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols Saint Mary of the Mongols (full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα (pr. "Theotókos Panaghiótissa", lit. "All-Holy Theotokos") or Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα (pr. "Panaghía Muchliótissa"); Turkish name: "Kanlı Kilise" (meaning:"Bloody Church"), is