{"id":8713,"date":"2011-04-29T13:38:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2013-05-10T15:20:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:20:27","slug":"the-saints-flesh-and-blood-human-beings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2011\/04\/29\/the-saints-flesh-and-blood-human-beings\/8713\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saints: \u201cFlesh and Blood Human Beings\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- http:\/\/www-tc.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/rss\/media\/video\/episode.1435.odonnell.and.martin.m4v -->Saints play different\u2014and deeply personal\u2014roles for Catholics. Watch more of correspondent Kim Lawton\u2019s interview with Rev. Gabriel O\u2019Donnell, O.P, postulator for the sainthood causes of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, and Rose Hawthorne, nineteenth-century novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne&#8217;s daughter, who cared for low-income cancer patients. Also watch more from Rev. 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