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Controversy in Kerala over doc’s support to ‘miracle’ of saint Mariam Thresia

Sister Mariam Thresia, an iconic nun and native of Kerala’s Thrissur district who died in 1926 at the age of 50, was declared a saint by Pope Francis on SundayNormally, canonization requires two miracles. In the nun’s case, one miracle was approved by a doctor

2 min read15 Oct 2019
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Vatican makes new rules for miracles in saint-making

Among the new regulations is one stipulating a potential miracle can come up for re-examination no more than three times if it fails to pass before the board of medical experts

1 min read23 Sep 2016
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Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis

Mother Teresa's elevation to Roman Catholicism's celestial pantheon came in a canonisation mass in St Peter's square in the Vatican that was presided over by Pope Francis

3 min read5 Sep 2016
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Balkan countries contest Mother Teresa’s heritage

Mother Teresa's adopted home country of India flatly refused Albania's request in 2009 to hand over her remains, saying she was resting in her own country, her own land'

3 min read3 Sep 2016
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Mamata Banerjee to attend Mother Teresa’s canonisation in Rome

Mamata Banerjee will be accompanied by Sister Mary Prema who now leads the Missionaries of Charity and Calcutta Archdiocese Archbishop Thomas D'Souza

1 min read22 May 2016
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Mother Teresa to be made Roman Catholic saint on 4 September: Pope Francis

Pope Francis made the announcement at a meeting of cardinals to give the final approval to several sainthood causes

1 min read15 Mar 2016
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Mother Teresa’s sainthood expected next year

A panel of experts attributed a miraculous healing of a Brazilian man with multiple brain tumours to Mother Teresa

1 min read18 Dec 2015
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Pope John Paul officially beatified before huge crowd

Pope John Paul officially beatified before huge crowd

3 min read1 May 2011

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