In his homily after Mother Teresa’s canonisation, Pope Francis admitted even he would find it hard to call her “St. “Mother Teresa belonged to Kolkata, and she has been declared a saint.”For Pope Francis, Mother Teresa put into action his ideal of the church as a merciful “field hospital” for the poorest of the poor, those suffering both material and spiritual poverty. In Mother Teresa’s case, it lasted for nearly 50 years an almost unheard of trial. Brian Kolodiejchuk, the Canadian priest who spearheaded Mother Teresa’s saint-making campaign, the revelations were further confirmation of Mother Teresa’s heroic saintliness. Born Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, Mother Teresa came to India in 1929 as a sister of the Loreto order.

Source: The Hindu September 04, 2016 11:48 UTC