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Cardinal George signs documents officially opening the cause for canonization for Father Augustus Tolton while Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Perry looks on during the first public session for the cause held Feb. 24 in St. James Chapel at the Archbishop Quigley Center, 835 N. Rush St. in Chicago . Tolton is the first recognized American diocesan priest of African descent. Perry serves as postulator for Tolton's cause.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World