{"id":221573,"date":"2025-09-16T16:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/?p=221573"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:48:12","slug":"press-from-national-catholic-register-mother-seton-at-50-an-american-saint-who-shows-us-holiness-is-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/press-from-national-catholic-register-mother-seton-at-50-an-american-saint-who-shows-us-holiness-is-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed from National Catholic Register: Mother Seton at 50: An American Saint Who Shows Us Holiness Is for Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty years ago, on Sept. 14, 1975, Pope Paul VI proclaimed Elizabeth Ann Seton a saint \u2014 the first native-born American to be canonized. 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