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Watch as Rev. Gabriel O\u2019Donnell, O.P., academic dean at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, shows correspondent Kim Lawton some of the thousands of documents he assembled as \u201cpostulator\u201d or point person for the sainthood cause of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus.<\/p>\n

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