When Pope Francis canonizes Blessed Teresa of Kolkata Sept. 4, he won’t simply be fulfilling a special duty of his office, he will be honoring a woman he has called “a symbol, an icon for our age.” When talking about the intersection of prayer, mercy, concrete acts of charity andContinue Reading
Her life illustrates how charity is a living flame that must be tended to everyday.Continue Reading
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
On Sept. 4, Pope Francis will canonize Mother Teresa
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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
Mother Teresa will be canonized on Sept. 4 — the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Already a saint in the eyes of most people, regardless of religion, she is clearly deserving of this honor. I’m even more certain of her sanctity now that I’ve written a book about her critics.Continue Reading
Farrell Shah, the director of Calcutta Archdiocesan Social Communications Commission, has come up with a novel plan to get the news and message of Mother Teresa’s canonization worldwide through social media, with an innovative web TV channel which brings alive the soon-to-be-saint in the Pokémon Go age. Despite his commitmentsContinue 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