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Mother Teresa’s Path to Sainthood Cleared by Vatican Mother Teresa’s Path to Sainthood Cleared by Pope Francis
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LONDON — Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, the nun who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for her work helping the poor of Kolkata, India, clearing the way for her canonization as a saint next year, the Vatican announced on Friday. LONDON — Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for her work helping the poor of Kolkata, India, clearing the way for her canonization next year, the Vatican announced on Friday.
Mother Teresa died in 1997. Though there is normally a five-year waiting period before the process for sainthood can begin, Pope John Paul II waived it in 1999 and beatified Mother Teresa — the first step to sainthood — in 2003. Mother Teresa died in 1997. Though there is normally a five-year waiting period before the process toward sainthood can begin, Pope John Paul II waived it in 1999 and he beatified Mother Teresa — the first step to sainthood — in 2003.
Her eventual canonization was widely expected, but the timing had not been clear. In May, the Italian media widely speculated that she would be canonized on Sept. 4, 2016, which has been scheduled as a day to honor the work of volunteers, as part of the Jubilee of Mercy, a yearlong celebration of the virtues of compassion and charity. Her eventual canonization has long been expected, but the timing has not been clear. In May, the Italian news media widely speculated that she would be canonized on Sept. 4, 2016, which has been scheduled as a day to honor the work of volunteers, as part of the Jubilee of Mercy, a yearlong celebration of the virtues of compassion and charity.
But a Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, called the speculation at the time “premature” and said it was only “a working hypothesis.” But a Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said at the time that the speculation was “premature” and only “a working hypothesis.”
The Vatican declined on Friday to announce a date for canonization, saying only that “the Holy Father has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to proclaim the decree concerning the miracle attributed to the intercession of blessed Mother Teresa.” The Vatican declined on Friday to announce a date for her canonization, saying only that “the Holy Father has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to proclaim the decree concerning the miracle attributed to the intercession of blessed Mother Teresa.”
Francis made the decision on Thursday, his 79th birthday, after meeting with Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.Francis made the decision on Thursday, his 79th birthday, after meeting with Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Two miracles are required for canonization. Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003 after the Vatican concluded that an Indian woman’s prayers to the nun caused her incurable tumor to disappear. Two miracles are required for canonization. Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003 after the Vatican concluded that an Indian woman’s prayers to the nun caused her incurable tumor to disappear. The second miracle involves a Brazilian man with multiple brain abscesses who was inexplicably cured in 2008, within a day of being in a coma.
The miracle for which she will now be canonized involves a Brazilian man with multiple brain abscesses who was inexplicably cured in 2008,within a day of being in a coma. Since the start of his papacy in 2013, Francis has canonized more than two dozen saints, including two of his predecessors, John XXIII and John Paul II; Junípero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar who evangelized in California in the 18th century; and the parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a 19th-century French Carmelite nun.
Since the start of his papacy, Francis has canonized more than two dozen saints, including two of his predecessors, John XXIII and John Paul II; Junípero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar who evangelized in California in the 18th century; and the parents of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a 19th-century French Carmelite nun.
In May, he beatified Óscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated in 1980 after advocating fervently against poverty, social injustice and torture.In May, he beatified Óscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated in 1980 after advocating fervently against poverty, social injustice and torture.
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, an ethnic Albanian, in 1910 in Skopje, now the capital of the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. Mother Teresa, an ethnic Albanian, was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Skopje, which is now the capital of Macedonia but at the time was part of the Ottoman Empire.
She founded her order, the Missionaries of Charity, in 1950 with 12 nuns after moving to India in 1948. They wore simple white saris with blue trim that were once associated with street-sweepers in Kolkata, the former capital of British India, which is also known as Calcutta.She founded her order, the Missionaries of Charity, in 1950 with 12 nuns after moving to India in 1948. They wore simple white saris with blue trim that were once associated with street-sweepers in Kolkata, the former capital of British India, which is also known as Calcutta.
The order eventually expanded into a network of thousands of nuns who ran hundreds of orphanages, soup kitchens, mobile clinics, homeless shelters and hospices in more than 130 countries around the world.The order eventually expanded into a network of thousands of nuns who ran hundreds of orphanages, soup kitchens, mobile clinics, homeless shelters and hospices in more than 130 countries around the world.
Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize in 1979, reportedly over candidates like President Jimmy Carter and the anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1979, reportedly over candidates like President Jimmy Carter and the anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.
She said she did not deserve the prize but accepted it “in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.”She said she did not deserve the prize but accepted it “in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.”
She began her Nobel Prize lecture on Dec. 11, 1979, with a prayer from St. Francis of Assisi, the favorite saint of the current pope, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name Francis upon his election in 2013. She began her Nobel Prize lecture on Dec. 11, 1979, with a prayer from St. Francis of Assisi — the favorite saint of the current pope, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name Francis upon his election in 2013.
“There is so much suffering, so much hatred, so much misery, and we with our prayer, with our sacrifice are beginning at home,” Mother Teresa said in her lecture. “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.”“There is so much suffering, so much hatred, so much misery, and we with our prayer, with our sacrifice are beginning at home,” Mother Teresa said in her lecture. “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.”
Mother Teresa was not without her detractors. In his 1995 book, “The Missionary Position,” the British author and polemicist Christopher Hitchens assailed her for, among other things, not offering higher-quality medical care to those in her clinics, her opposition to abortion and contraception, and for accepting donations from figures like the Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and the disgraced American financier Charles H. Keating Jr.Mother Teresa was not without her detractors. In his 1995 book, “The Missionary Position,” the British author and polemicist Christopher Hitchens assailed her for, among other things, not offering higher-quality medical care to those in her clinics, her opposition to abortion and contraception, and for accepting donations from figures like the Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and the disgraced American financier Charles H. Keating Jr.