President Trump Issues Statement on Birthday of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
July 16, 2026
July 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- President Trump issued the following statement on July 15, 2026, on the birthday of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini:
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Today, we celebrate the birthday of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini--a woman of boundless faith and limitless charity, a towering Italian American hero, and the first American citizen ever proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church.
From a young age in Northern Italy, Francesca Cabrini already knew that God was calling h . . .
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Today, we celebrate the birthday of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini--a woman of boundless faith and limitless charity, a towering Italian American hero, and the first American citizen ever proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church.
From a young age in Northern Italy, Francesca Cabrini already knew that God was calling h . . .