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Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity pray next to a statue of Mother Teresa (right) in Kolkata on Friday. — Reuters
With the miracle, Mother Teresa can now be beatified in a ceremony scheduled for October 19 in Rome. A second miracle is needed for her to be made a saint, or canonised. John Paul, who has elevated more than 460 people to sainthood in his 24 years as Pope, has long held Mother Teresa in high esteem. He waived the customary five-year waiting period and began the process that can lead to sainthood just a year after she died in 1997 at age 87.
This fall, a Vatican committee approved a reported miracle attributed to the nun's intercession, a finding that was formally seconded by the Pope today in a solemn ceremony in the Apostolic Palace.
Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints, outlined Mother Teresa's ``heroic virtues'' to the Pope at the ceremony, saying her work with the poor in Calcutta's slums had made her a ``world emblem of Christian charity.''
A ``vast movement'' in support of society's most marginalised was launched by her example, he said.
The miracle attributed to Mother Teresa's intercession involves the recovery of a young Indian woman, Monica Besra, who had a stomach tumour. Ms. Basra's recovery, after an image of Mother Teresa was placed on her stomach, was judged to be without any medical explanation by a panel of doctors consulted by the Vatican. Brian Kolodiejchuk, who was appointed postulator to oversee the process, has said his review of her virtues also contained criticism of the tiny, stooped nun. One of her greatest detractors, British journalist Christopher Hitchens, has said he testified in the beatification process. Hitchens' 1995 book, ``The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa In Theory and Practice,'' accused the nun of consoling and supporting the wealthy and powerful while preaching resignation to the poor.
— AP
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