Kolkata: A group of young independent photographers are busy clicking away, taking photos of the “City of Joy.” Their photos, part of the crowdsourced “Sainthood Project,” will be displayed in several locations in Rome in early September, to coincide with the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata. The photographers areContinue Reading
Vatican City: The poor, the suffering and those who minister to them will be at the center of celebrations leading up to the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata at the Vatican. The main event — the canonization Mass — will begin at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 4, the Vatican announcedContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican will anticipate the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata with a special postage stamp, which will be released Sept. 2, two days before Pope Francis officially declares her a saint. The Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office announced the stamp’s release Aug. 5 and distributed initial imagesContinue Reading
I wish everybody could be at the Vatican on Sept. 4 for the remarkable occasion of Mother Teresa’s Sainthood. There they would meet some of the most caring people from across the world. I am fortunate to have met many of them. I first talked to Mother Teresa herself atContinue Reading
Dressed in Mother Teresa’s signature white sari with blue stripes, the Missionaries of Charity work to maintain and preserve their founder’s ministry to the poor. To inspire their work, every convent houses one of her relics. On Thursday, a drop of her blood kept at the convent and women’s shelterContinue Reading
Kolkata — Mother Teresa will make history with the fourth Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) dedicated in her honour in Kolkata, on the occasion of her canonization scheduled for next year. The Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) which commemorates special occasions associated with the Nobel laureate will in 2016 present theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Despite rumors that a date has been set for Mother Teresa’s canonization, the Holy See Press Office told CNA Wednesday that the cause for sainthood has not concluded, and no date has been officially set. Fr Ciro Benedettini, vice director at the Holy See Press Office, confirmed to CNAContinue Reading
New Delhi: All formalities are complete to declare Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata a saint, an Indian newspaper reported on October 20. Malayala Manorama, a mass circulation newspaper in Malayalam language, quoted unidentified Vatican sources as saying that the date and venue for the canonization of the world’s most reveredContinue Reading
Vatican City – Pope Francis recognized on Wednesday the heroic virtue of seven persons on the path of canonization, including a young Italian laywoman, as well as a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. Bl. Louis and ZelieContinue Reading