Dissident saint – liability turns asset for Church
2016-09-01
Albanian born UK Author tells what makes Mother Teresa different – ‘Her dissidence’.
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From Sister to Mother to Saint
2016-08-31
“By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world,” once said the Mother.Continue Reading
Mother Teresa ‘radically loved her neighbor’
2016-08-31
Rome: Mother Teresa didn’t try to solve all of the world’s problems: she simply lived her life in radical service and love of her neighbor, expecting God to take care of the rest, said her spiritual advisor. “Hindus, Muslims, and Christians alike saw in her a role model. She wasContinue Reading
Teresa canonization: Hindu group sees red over govt team
2016-08-31
RSS described the move as a “political decision by an elected government”Continue Reading
Mother Teresa may deserve to be made a saint. But why now?
2016-08-31
Saints can be signs of contradictionContinue Reading
Kolkata’s lone Anglo Indian parish priest recalls Mother Teresa
2016-08-31
Fr Wells recalls how Catholic parents warned children to have nothing to do with that strange nunContinue Reading
Catholic pat for Modi’s message
2016-08-31
New Delhi: The Catholic community is seeking comfort in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to Mother Teresa in his monthly radio programme on Sunday. At a news conference Tuesday, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) secretary general Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas said: “The Prime Minister articulated what many Indians feel; thatContinue Reading
Rome abuzz with fervour of Mother Teresa’s canonisation
2016-08-31
An estimated 5,00,000 people are expected to gather at the circular square in front of the Vatican on SundayContinue Reading
Mother Teresa’s first training center all set to celebrate canonization
2016-08-30
Patna: With Mother Teresa set to be canonized a saint by Pope Francis on September 4, celebrations are being planned by the Catholic church in Bihar, especially in Patna, where she stayed for a few months in 1948 for a nursing training programme before commencing her work with the poorContinue Reading
Enterprising Indians and Mother Teresa
2016-08-30
Since Mamata Banerjee says she will not attend Mother Teresa’s September 4 canonisation in Rome as part of India’s official delegation but as a guest of the Missionaries of Charity and will sit with them, presumably she will also dress like them. Actually, West Bengal’s chief minister is no strangerContinue Reading