Teresa’s canonization: Why must India pay for ministers holiday?
2016-09-02
I hope each of those flying to the Vatican this weekend, will choose not to have Indian citizens pay for it.
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Thousands expected to watch Mother Teresa be made a saint
2016-09-02
Rome: Affectionately called the “saint of the gutters” during her lifetime, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made an official saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, just 19 years after her death. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mother Teresa was one of the most influential women in theContinue Reading
Teresa work lives on in streets
2016-09-01
Rome: With their blue-trimmed white saris, the sisters are a discreet but distinctive presence on the streets at night, offering solace to the destitute and, when possible, a place to stay. But these sisters with the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa, who is to beContinue Reading
Saint Mother Teresa: our teacher and guide!
2016-09-01
September 5 is also Teacher’s Day in IndiaContinue Reading
Maharashtra church to be renamed after ‘Saint Mother Teresa’
2016-09-01
Palghar: When the world celebrates the proclamation of Mother Teresa as a ‘Saint’ on Sunday, September 4, by Pope Francis in the Vatican, a church in Maharashtra will also have its own memorable celebrations. On that day, ‘The Blessed Mother Teresa Church’ in Virar town here, around 60 km northContinue Reading
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