With Sunday, Sept. 4, marking the canonization of Mother Teresa, Pope Francis honored the nun who cared for the “poorest of the poor” as the epitome of his call for mercy. “Mother Teresa belonged to Kolkata, and she has been declared a saint”. I live each day to be like Mother Teresa and I am glad that she’s a saint and is confirmed to be in heaven watching over us.
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“She just out-loved us, so we went along”, said Archbishop Lori.
On the facade of Saint Peter’s Basilica hung a huge tapestry with a portrait of Mother Teresa, one of the modern world’s most recognizable faces. “Then I flew down to Calcutta”.
“Mother Teresa was born in Skopje but she never declared herself a Macedonian”, Albanian historian Moikom Zeqo told AFP, adding that she “always spoke about her Albanian origins and her universal mission”.
“During my half an hour interview with Mother (Teresa)”. “Singing What Child Is This to celebrate her life and legacy will be a moment I cherish forever”.
Because of her celebrity, she stepped where many religious figures do not.
Pope Francis however, held world powers to account “for the crimes of poverty they created”.
It is a day of rejoicing, a day of gratitude and a day of many, many blessings, senior sister Mary Lysa said. It was built in 2007 near Virar station and named Blessed Mother Teresa Church.
“Pope Francis is trying to see a resetting and a new sense of direction revolved around social change and helping the poor”.
“I was moved by Mother Teresa’s works, and moved by this ceremony”. God performs miracles for me in my life everyday.
“The merciful Lord looks at us all without any distinction”, Andrino said.
WHEN Sister Margaret Sculley met Mother Teresa in the 1960s she knew there was something special about her.
The head of the Missionaries of Charity in Shillong, Sister Lipika MC, said there will be a thanksgiving mass on Monday at 5.30 p.m.at the Laitumkhrah Cathedral Church and at Shanti Bhavan on September 10. Others, like Dr. Aroup Chatterjee, have criticized what they call a “cult of suffering” that was prevalent in some of the homes run by the order.
Her campaigns against birth control and abortion, which she once called “the greatest destroyer of peace today”, angered feminists and raised concerns with aid organizations.
On Sunday, it was renamed St Teresa of Kolkata Church.
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“It’s about time she became a saint!” said Antonio Martinez, who celebrated the monumental occasion with his family at San Fernando Cathedral.
