It's that she is the most powerful global symbol of the Catholic Church. Considering it sometimes takes the Catholic Church centuries to raise someone to sainthood, 19 years is perhaps not that long for Mother Teresa. Two important questions that need to be asked to understand Mother Teresa's position in the Catholic pantheon are: how important is she to the Catholic Church? "She is hugely important to the Catholic Church," Jonathan Petre, former religion correspondent of The Daily Telegraph in London, told The Telegraph today. If there is a universal figure around whom the Catholic Church can unite, it is Mother Teresa.

Source: The Telegraph September 04, 2016 21:22 UTC