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Vatican City gears up for canonisation of Mother Teresa

03 Sep 2016, 09:57 am

Vatican City gears up for canonisation of Mother Teresa
Vatican City, Sept 2 (NITN): Vatican City is gearing up for the canonisation of Mother Teresa.

Mother Teresa was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta" on Oct 19 in 2003 and a second required miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in Dec 2015, paving the way for her to be recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
 
Mother Teresa will be formally declared a saint at the Canonisation Ceremony in Rome's Vatican City on Sept 4.
 
 
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