Pope Francis clears way for Mother Teresa’s sainthood

Mother Teresa will officially become Catholic’s newest saint.

Pope Francis has been dedicated to ministering to the poor in similar ways to Mother Teresa and is a great supporter of her work. The Vatican said that in 2003 an Indian woman’s prayers to Mother Teresa cured her brain tumor.

Reports in the Catholic media talk about the healing of a Brazilian man with several brain tumours.

She’s expected to be made a saint, or canonized, in September next year. “Her canonization to sainthood will bring hope and joy to everyone who dedicates oneself at the service of poor”, he said.

Mother Teresa’s path to sainthood began in early 1999, less than two years after her death, when Pope John Paul II waived the normal five-year waiting period to open a formal sainthood and allowed the immediate opening of her canonization cause. “The official anointment by the Vatican will be confirmation of the belief that people of Kolkata and millions worldwide already had”, said Sunita Kumar, Mother Teresa’s long-time associate and spokesperson of MC.

Relatives prayed to Mother Teresa and he recovered, leaving doctors at a loss to explain how.

However, she overcame the pain and sufferings after “she fell in love with Jesus”, the archbishop said, citing a portion from one of those letters: “All these difficulties are easy for me as Jesus and I are in love with each other”.

Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa joined the Loreto order of nuns in 1928.

Despite winning global acclaim for her life in helping the poor, some have criticized the health care provided by her mission and raised questions over her conservative approach to contraception and medicine.

She has been criticised over some of her political relationships, the practical effectiveness of her mission and her evangelistic practices.

He bestowed that honor on her in 2003 in a Vatican ceremony. “For me and others who were fortunate to work with her, the three decades association was a miracle”, she said. After contracting tuberculosis, she was sent to rest in Darjeeling, and it was on the way that she felt what she called “an order” from God to leave the convent and live among the poor.

She was granted Indian citizenship in 1951 and received a state funeral after her death.