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August 28, 2016

'Icon of mercy': Missionaries superior describes Blessed Teresa

A poster of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata and Missionaries of Charity are seen in Calcutta, India, Sept. 5, 2007, file photo.

ROME – Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was a woman who truly felt wed to Jesus, and the freedom she experienced in loving him led her to radical poverty, a courageous outreach and an immense love for the poor, said the superior general of the order Mother Teresa founded.

Published in Faith
August 26, 2016

Indians gather to celebrate birthday of Blessed Teresa, soon-to-be-saint

Members of the Missionaries of Charity pray Aug. 26 near the tomb of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in celebration of her 106th birthday in India. Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, will be canonized at the Vatican Sept. 4.

CALCUTTA, India – They came from all around to celebrate the birthday of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta  the founder of the Missionaries of Charity who will be become a saint Sept. 4.

Published in International
August 14, 2016

Calcutta gears up for celebrations of 'St. Teresa'

Nuns pray in Kolkata, India, Aug. 4. Although the Sept. 4 canonization of Blessed Teresa is in Rome, special festivities to honor her will continue in Kolkata until Christmas.

CALCUTTA, India – A group of young independent photographers are busy clicking away, taking photos of the "City of Joy."

Published in International
November 19, 2015

If miracle approved, Blessed Teresa could be canonized Sept. 4

Mother Teresa

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican calendar for the Year of Mercy deliberately set aside Sept. 4, 2016, as a possible date for the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, if her sainthood cause is concluded by then.

Published in Vatican
August 13, 2014

Healing after black teen's shooting 'in Jesus' hands'

Parishioners from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in Ferguson, Mo., hold a prayer vigil for peace Aug. 11. Protests and riots in the neighborhoods of Ferguson have followed the Aug. 9 shooting and killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a police officer.

FERGUSON, Mo. - Against the backdrop of demonstrations and unrest, some of it violent, that has followed the Aug. 9 killing of an unarmed black teenager by police in Ferguson, members of a local Catholic parish did perhaps the only thing they could — they prayed.

Published in International