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How Mother Teresa embodied what Pope Francis teaches

Aug 18, 2016

If there was one who showed courage and creativity in bringing God’s mercy to the world, like Pope Francis urges, it was Mother Teresa, the diminutive founder of the Missionaries of Charity, who will be declared a saint by Francis in a Sept. 4 canonization ceremony in Rome.

By Cindy Wooden

Mother Teresa not only Eastern European in India up for a halo

Aug 13, 2016

Jesuit Father Ante Gabrić, a Croatian missionary who left for India at the age of 23 and spent fifty years there before he died in 1988, is today a candidate for sainthood. He fed the starving, clothed the naked and saved lives, both during natural disasters, which were an annual phenomenon, and at other times.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Vatican prepares ‘St. Teresa’ of Calcutta stamp
- Aug 5, 2016
The Vatican will anticipate the canonization of Mother Teresa with a special postage stamp to be released Sept. 2, two days before she’s declared a saint. The 95-cent stamp features a wrinkled but radiant Mother Teresa smiling in her blue-trimmed, white sari, overlaid with an image of her holding a child’s hand.

By Cindy Wooden
Prelate who arranged exorcism for Mother Teresa dead at 90
- Jul 3, 2016
Archbishop Henry D’Souza of Calcutta, who once arranged an exorcism for Mother Teresa and who later launched the process for her canonization, and who described himself as her “special son,” died June 27 at 90 years old.

By Nirmala Carvalho
Indian archbishop blasts criticism of Mother Teresa
- Jun 27, 2016
After an Indian politician linked to right-wing Hindu nationalist movements recently claimed that Mother Teresa was trying to “Christianize” India, Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil fired back, telling Crux those “rash comments” are not only untrue, they risk demeaning the “great religion” of Hinduism they purport to represent.

By Nirmala Carvalho