Utahns react to canonization of Mother Teresa

In 2001, India renamed the city of of Calcutta to Kolkata to match the Bengali pronunciation, however, the church spells Calcutta referencing to Mother Teresa.

A mass of pilgrims flooded the Vatican on Sunday to celebrate the highly anticipated canonization of Mother Teresa, an event that Catholics and non-Catholics alike had looked forward to since the nun’s death in 1997.

Mother Teresa’s work has been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world.

When the Litany of the Saints was read during the canonization ceremony, it was clear that over the centuries, the church had sainted far more men than women. What I will always remember is how very soft were her hands when we shook hands as she stepped off the bus.

“We were in the presence of saints and we still are in the presence of saints”, Wenski said.

The archbishop noted that Mother Teresa felt a call early on to religious life.

“She gave herself to everybody, and that’s a marvelous thing”, said one person in attendance.

LIVESAY: Christ-like suffering that brings one closer to God – a staple of Catholic doctrine, but one that her critics argue she took too far.

Sunday, he told his parish about Mother Teresa’s journey in becoming a saint. Mahatma Gandhi taught Indians the value of non-violence but one struggles to find the Mother Teresa in him.

Rita Ora has described her performance at a concert to celebrate Mother Teresa’s canonisation as “a moment I cherish forever”.

In his homily at Mass, the Pope called Mother Teresa an “emblematic figure of womanhood and of consecrated life” and held her up as a “model of holiness” for today’s generation.

Father Patrick Dolan, pastor of Blessed Teresa, said he expects the name of the parish to be updated to reflect its patron’s sainthood.

“Pope Francis is trying to see a resetting and a new sense of direction revolved around social change and helping the poor. I wish I could be like her”, she said. There probably is no better way to honor the new saint’s memory than to do something like this.

She claimed to go around the city 24/7 picking up the destitute from its squalid gutters and to feed 9000 in her soup kitchens but did neither, Chatterjee said. “She wanted to help others”.