It was an assignment during my time with Doordarshan in the early 1990s. Mother Teresa was in Bangalore – as it was called then – and DD, the only Indian television network at that time, was sending out camera teams and reporters to cover her wherever she went. I wasContinue Reading
Vatican City: On September 4, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was officially declared a saint by Pope Francis. CNA spoke with Major Archbishop Baselios Cardinal Cleemis of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, who serves as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India. He shared his memories of Mother Teresa, as wellContinue Reading
Borduria, Arunachal Pradesh: Borduria, the only place Mother Theresa visited in Arunachal Pradesh joined global celebration of her elevation to Sainthood on 4 September 2016 with procession and installing a statue of the Saint. A small village in Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh, Borduria, which literally means ‘Far away land’,Continue Reading
While top Macedonian officials attended St. Teresa’s canonization Mass at the Vatican, a modest ceremony was held at a small chapel in her hometown of Skopje. About 50 people gathered at the chapel in the Mother Teresa Memorial house to express “gratitude and joy” for her sainthood. Speaking in frontContinue Reading
At the conclusion of the Mass in which he canonized Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope Francis led the faithful in the customary Sunday recitation of the Angelus. In remarks ahead of the Marian prayer, the Holy Father greeted and thanked all those who took part in the day’s celebrations, especiallyContinue Reading
But there was another school of thought: Australian feminist Germaine Greer called her a “religious imperialist” and to British polemicist Christopher Hitchens Mother Teresa was “a fanatic, a fundamentalist and a fraud”.Continue Reading
Who is Mother Teresa of Calcutta? Well Mother Teresa herself gave her identity: “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. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.”Continue Reading
Details of that meeting with Mother Teresa more in Delhi than two decades ago are sketchy. But the particular moment is very clear. It must have been late October; winter was making a guest appearance in a city bathed in dust and just out of months of torturous summer sun.Continue Reading
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday expressed happiness over the forthcoming canonisation of Mother Teresa and said every Indian will take pride in the recognition being accorded to her for service to humanity and God. “Every citizen of Indiawill take pride in the recognition being accorded to Mother TeresaContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Saturday denounced what he called the modern-day sin of indifference to hunger, exploitation and other suffering, while commending the example of Mother Teresa on the eve of a sainthood ceremony for the nun who cared for India’s destitute. Choosing “to not see hunger, disease, exploitedContinue Reading
