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Mother Teresa
September 3, 2020

Bishop prays ‘the Mother Teresa of Manchester’ may be recognised as a saint

The Bishop of Shrewsbury has invited Catholics to pray that a 19th century religious sister, hailed as “the Mother Teresa of Manchester”, may be recognised as a saint. Bishop Mark Davies said that Shrewsbury-born Mother Elizabeth Prout was one of the most remarkable of all of the famous people from the town because of her... Read More
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October 28, 2019

Vatican backs alternative ‘Night of Light’ Halloween event

The Vatican has offered its support to a worldwide event celebrating Halloween as a Christian festival. Night of Light, the brainchild of Damian Stayne, founder of Catholic community Cor et Lumen Christi, is an international initiative to reclaim Halloween as a joyful Christian celebration. Cardinal Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the promotion... Read More
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August 27, 2019

St Teresa of Kolkata’s birthday not forgotten by Missionaries of Charity

Missionaries of Charity nuns in India celebrated the birthday of their order’s founder, St Teresa of Kolkata, three years after her canonisation, breaking a Catholic convention. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata led a Mass on Monday 26th August marking the 109th anniversary of the saint’s birth in the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in... Read More
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May 7, 2019

Pope draws lessons from Mother Teresa in city of her birth

Pope Francis went to the tiny Balkan nation of North Macedonia to pay tribute to a tiny saint who accomplished big things: St Teresa of Kolkata. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Ganxhe Bojaxhiu to Albanian parents in Skopje on 26th August, 1910, so after paying the obligatory formal visit to North Macedonia’s president, Pope Francis... Read More
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November 6, 2018

In India, Missionaries of Charity will again offer children for adoption

The Missionaries of Charity congregation has agreed to resume its service of offering children for adoption. The congregation founded by St Teresa of Kolkata, commonly known as Mother Teresa, discontinued giving babies from their orphanages for adoption in October 2015 after disagreeing with a new federal law that allowed single and divorced women to adopt... Read More
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October 26, 2018

Vatican Backs Christian Halloween Celebration

The Vatican has offered its support to a worldwide event celebrating Halloween as a Christian festival. Night of Light, the brainchild of Damian Stayne, founder of Catholic community Cor et Lumen Christi, is an international initiative to reclaim Halloween as a joyful Christian celebration. Cardinal Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the promotion... Read More
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August 17, 2017

Kosovo to dedicate cathedral named for Mother Teresa

A cathedral named for St Teresa of Kolkata is scheduled to be dedicated in Kosovo on the 20th anniversary of her death. The cathedral will be dedicated on 5th September in Pristina. Albanian-born Cardinal Ernest Simoni will represent Pope Francis at the dedication. Celebrations of the neo-classical cathedral, on Pristina’s Bill Clinton Boulevard, will begin... Read More
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September 13, 2016

Mother Teresa upheld as the human face of eternal hope at UN

St Teresa of Kolkata was described as the human face of eternal hope that embodied the founding principles of the world body during a program honouring her canonisation. The saint also offers an enduring example of what the UN can achieve, said Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations, one... Read More
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September 6, 2016

Miracle is sign of mercy, says Brazilian who prayed to Mother Teresa

The inexplicable recovery from a severe brain infection – attributed to the intercession of St Teresa of Kolkata – is a sign that God’s mercy is for everyone, said the Brazilian man who was healed. “Merciful God looks over all of us, without distinction. Today it was me, perhaps tomorrow it will be someone else.... Read More
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September 6, 2016

St Teresa reliquary reflects her life and her works

At every canonisation ceremony, people connected to the new saint carry to the altar a relic – often a bone shard from the new saint’s body. The relic presented at the Mass for St Teresa of Kolkata was a few drops of her blood. A relic is like a keepsake, a tangible reminder that the... Read More
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