Thousands gathered for the canonization ceremony while the Pope declared Mother Teresa a saint who would now be called Saint Teresa of Kolkata.
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“Before Pope Francis took over the job, the Catholic Church was in a real mess”.
Volunteers following orders from pizza maker Vincenzo Staiano and nuns from the sisterhood started by Saint Teresa, Missionaries of Charity, helped to hand out the authentic Italian pies. In all aspects of her life, Francis said, Teresa was “a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defence of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded”.
While millions of Catholics rejoice at the canonization of Mother Teresa guess what, some of the more wild eyed conspiracy theory types think she’s a stinker.
Echoing his own vision of a “poor church for the poor”, the pope described Teresa’s work as “eloquent witness to God’s closeness to the poorest of the poor”.
Even though it often takes decades for people to achieve sainthood after their death, Mother Teresa’s beatification was rushed through by Pope John Paul II, who waived the requirement of waiting five years after a person’s death to pursue the path to sainthood.
“The way she used to love people, poor people and everybody”. Today, some 50 women and girls with mental and physical disabilities are cared for by the nuns in the facility. She had also visited the convent here in Kunnukuzhi, which is affiliated to the Missionaries of Charity. The Basilica of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Puducherry, organized a photo exhibition with a huge board that read, “Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata”. Mother Teresa established two centers in Puducherry and a centre for AIDS patients in Kalapet.
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The processions culminated at the Siddhartha College centre where floral tributes were paid at the statue of “St. Teresa”.
