       The pope praised Tekakwitha, whom he said lived a simple
life of service.   Tekakwitha's canonization follows what has
been judged a miracle by the Roman Catholic Church in the 2006
case of an American boy with a flesh-eating bug.  Jake
Finkbonner was only 5 when he became infected by the bacterium
after falling down while playing basketball, CNN affiliate King
5 News in Seattle reported. The infection spread quickly through
the tissue of his face, with drugs and surgeries apparently
powerless to stop its progress.  "It was dire," his mother, Elsa
Finkbonner, told the network. "He was air-lifted to children's
hospital, and he was fighting for his life at that point."
Family photographs from the time show the boy from Ferndale,
Washington, swollen-faced and lying in a tangle of tubes in a
hospital bed.  A turning point came after the family's pastor
suggested prayer in the name of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, also
known as Lily-of-the-Mohawks. Jake's infection quickly cleared
up -- and after reviewing th