A new statue will be standing in Arrigo Park in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood, replacing the Christopher Columbus ...
Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, received approximately 38% of the 3,900 votes cast during a little-advertised online contest.
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants, will be honored with a new statue in Chicago's Little Italy.
For roughly four decades, Italian immigrants poured into the United States in search of better fortunes, with more than 4 million arrivals by 1920. While most of their descendants have since been ...