The Vatican will likely approve a sainthood designation for
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Yahoo News reports.
The decision has been long-anticipated, and it is expected
that Pope Francis will sign a decree approving her canonization and set a date
for the official event.
A previously-scheduled ceremony to honor Mother Teresa has
been set for September 5, so it is thought that the canonization will take
place the day before.
It is speculated that the ceremony will take place in Rome,
although the Catholic Church in India has
urged the Pope to travel to Calcutta
for the ceremony.
Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003--the first step to
sainthood. More than 300,000 spectators came to Rome for the ceremony.
Mother Teresa was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu to an Albanian
family in Macedonia and is well-known and beloved for her missionary work in
India and her founding of the Catholic nuns and humanitarian workers the
Missionaries of Charity.
She especially worked to help the sick, elderly, and poor in
India. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Source: Christian Headlines
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