Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be canonized in September 2016, according to multiple news reports.The Vatican has not confirmed plans for the canonization. But the respected …
Vatican City (AFP) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s elevation to sainthood has been set for September 2016, according to a top Catholic cleric.
Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella was quoted by Italian media Tuesday as telling municipal officials in Rome that Pope Francis would canonise the nun celebrated for her work with the poor of Calcutta as part of the upcoming Jubilee Year declared by the pontiff.
A Vatican spokesman said however the canonisation had not yet been approved and it was “premature to talk of this date having already been fixed.”
A celebration of the memory of Teresa has been scheduled for September 5, 2016 as part of the Jubilee programme of events. Fisichella said she would be canonised the day before, on September 4.
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