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Sep 3, 2016 · Making Mother Teresa a Catholic saint took almost 20 years of confirming miracles and papal promotion by Pope Benedict and Pope Francis, but in Kolkata, India, the city where she worked for most ...
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Apr 11, 2024 · What was Mother Teresa’s early life like? Mother Teresa (baptized August 27, 1910, Skopje, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire [now in Republic of North Macedonia]—died September 5, 1997, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India; canonized September 4, 2016; feast day September 5) was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic ...
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Sep 4, 2016 · The Albanian nun who moved to India in 1929 had made her claim on the hearts of the people of the country through her love and care for the destitutes, the orphans and the sick. (Source: AP Archive) As Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, India celebrates the goodness and generosity of the ‘messiah’ of the poor.
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Sep 4, 2016 · By Elise Harris. Vatican City, Sep 4, 2016 / 12:12 pm. On September 4, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was officially declared a saint by Pope Francis. CNA had the chance to speak with Major Archbishop ...
Sep 4, 2016 · When Pope Francis anointed sainthood on Mother Teresa at the Vatican, Kolkata - the city she had lived to serve - burst into tears of joy and chants of jubilation.
Sep 4, 2016 · She died on September 5, 1997 at the age of 87 and St. John Paul II declared her Blessed in the Vatican, on October 19, 2003. Mother Teresa often accepted invitations to talk, as they would offer her an opportunity to draw the world’s attention on the poor and needy. Here’s one such interview where she talked Anto ...
Sep 6, 2015 · Mother Teresa’s statue in her birthplace of Tirana, Albania. Once the capital of colonial India, Kolkata was also the home of the world’s most famous nun—a nun who did not wear a religious habit, but a white sari with thin blue stripes: Mother Teresa. Today, 18 years after her death, the city that once served as the headquarters of the ...
