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Mother Teresa to be canonized today

Sakaal, Mumbai, Sunday 4th Sept 2010

Vatican City, 3rd (PTI): The late Mother Teresa, who worked for four decades to bring a better life to the poor and downtrodden and who became famous all over the world due to this work, will be canonized here tomorrow (4th). As the ceremony is taking place as her 19th death anniversary approaches, there is joy all around in Kolkata. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will also be attending the ceremony to be held at Vatican City.

Meanwhile, a special postage stamp will be released in memory of Mother Teresa through the Department of Information and Communications. The program will be conducted by Minister Manoj Sinha. The program will be held on Sunday (4th) in the auditorium of Divine Child High School and Junior College in Andheri. This stamp is being released in commemoration of her canonisation.

1910 : Born in Macedonia

1926 : Began work as a nun

1946 : Missionaries of Charity established

1951 : Granted Indian citizenship, opened a shelter for the dying

1965: Recognition of her work by Pope Paul VI

1979 : Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

1997 : Responsibilities handed over to Sister Nirmala

September 1997: Died of a heart attack in Kolkata

October 2003: Pope declares divine status for Mother Teresa

2015 : Canonization process initiated by Pope Francis

September 4, 2016: Sainthood to be conferred

Why is Mother Teresa being canonised?

For sainthood to be conferred, it must be proved that the person has performed two posthumous miracles.

Mother Teresa is credited with curing a Bengali woman's uterine tumor in 1998 and a Brazilian man's brain cancer in 2008. During Mother Teresa's lifetime many objections and controversies were raised about her work. However, she did not give much importance to the objections, instead staying loyal to her work. Many people also objected to the miracles she performed.