Posted on 12/18/2015 7:34:57 AM PST by SeekAndFind
ROME — Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to helping India's poor, will be made a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said Friday.
She will likely be canonized in September to coincide with the 19th anniversary of her death and Pope Francis' Holy Year of Mercy, according to an Italian Catholic newspaper report.
The pontiff marked his 79th birthday on Thursday by approving a decree that the nun had performed a second miracle 11 years after her death, the Vatican confirmed in a statement.
She was beatified in 2003 as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta for healing an Indian woman's tumor through divine intervention, but full sainthood requires the declaration of two miracles.
Her Missionaries of Charity helped the poor on the streets of the city, now known as Kolkata. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
"We are all absolutely delighted about the news," Sister Ita of the Missionaries of Charity told NBC News from its headquarters in the center of the city. "We are very happy to hear about the canonization and we look forward to hearing more details in due course."
The miracle needed for her canonization involved the curing of a man in Santos, Brazil, with a serious viral brain infection, according to Father Brian Kolodiejchiuk, a Missionaries of Charity Father who worked closely with Mother Teresa for 20 years and spearheaded the cause of her sainthood.
"The patient's wife continuously sought the intercession of the Blessed Mother Teresa for her husband," he said in a statement explaining the event.
The unidentified man was in a coma and about to undergo an emergency operation when a neurosurgeon "returned to the operating room and found the patient inexplicably awake and without pain," the statement said.
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Everyone who is in heaven is a saint
All believers are saints.
Rather, saints in training in this life.
Those are Biblical miracles.
A Saint is one who suffers for Christ. It doesn’t require a decree or declaration by a human organization.
How Many Miracles are Required to Canonize a Saint?
Saints [Catholic, Orthodox, Open]
SAINTHOOD 101: Rules for Becoming a Saint [Catholic Caucus]
The Process of Becoming a Saint (Canonization) [Catholic Caucus]
Pope Lists Criteria for Causes of Canonization
What is more important, serving God of following man made traditions?
These “would be” saints DID serve God.
If they suffered in service to Christ they are Saints regardless of man made proclamations.
Did you read any of the links? Do you still not understand the steps that the Catholic Church carefully takes in this process?
Do you still not understand the steps that the Catholic Church carefully takes in this process?
If someone has two miracles attributed to them and the Church has chosen not to declare them a Saint, are they or are they not a Saint?
A Saint is one who suffers for Christ. Follow the Creator, not a man made organization.
Here’s another view on Mother Teresa:
http://www.traditioninaction.org/bkreviews/A_025br_MotherTeresa_Zima.htm
Of course I convert. I convert you to be a better Hindu or a better Muslim or a better Protestant. Once youve found God, its up to you to decide how to worship him. - Mother Teresa
Our parish received a letter from Mother Teresa which [in part] said:
“Each one of us is a co-worker of Chirst - we must labour hard to carry Him to the hearts where He has not yet been known and loved. But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power. Tell Him, ‘Come to our hearts Lord and stay with us.’ Then you will become the instruments of His love, peace and joy.” -Excerpt from Mother Teresa letter, July 15, 1996
http://adorationrocks.com/letter.html
Typo: “Chirst” should be “Christ”
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