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Sister Mariam Thresia Third Kerala Woman To Be Canonised At Vatican
Kerala's Sister Mariam Thresia is set to be canonised next month, the fourth from the state who will be attaining sainthood, of which two were women.
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Pope Francis Makes Saints Of Disputed 20th Century Roman Catholic Figures
Pope Francis on Sunday made saints of two of the most contentious Roman Catholic figures of the 20th century -- murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, who reigned over one of the Church's most turbulent eras and enshrined its opposition to contraception.
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Harry Kane Sends Records Tumbling As He Targets World Cup Glory
Harry Kane is on the fast track to virtual sainthood in England, matching Gary Lineker's tally of six goals from 1986 in just three matches in Russia to set up a quarter-final against Sweden.
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Reformist Pope, Murdered Archbishop To Be Made Saints
Pope Paul VI, who oversaw sweeping reforms of the Catholic Church in the 1960s, will be made a saint along with a Salvadoran archbishop who was shot dead while celebrating mass, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
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Pope Francis Shuts Holy Door at Saint Peter's After Packed 12 Months
Pope Francis will bring to a close his "Year of Mercy" on Sunday, shutting the Holy Door at Saint Peter's after a packed 12 months that has seen him raise Mother Teresa to sainthood and reinstate Syrian refugees.
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Pope Speeds Path To Sainthood For Slain French Priest
Pope Francis has agreed to speed up the path to sainthood for French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel, murdered by two teenaged jihadists in July, Vatican sources said Sunday.
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Pope Francis Says Murdered French Priest A Martyr, On Road To Sainthood
Pope Francis said Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, was a "martyr", and indicated on Wednesday he was already on the road to sainthood.
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Blog: Mother Teresa's Message For Bangalore - Delivered On Tarmac
It is unreal to think that I met someone who has been declared a saint!
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Mother Teresa's Kolkata Welcomes Devotees From World Over On Canonization Day
When Pope Francis anointed sainthood on Mother Teresa at the Vatican, Kolkata - the city she had lived to serve - burst into tears of joy and chants of jubilation.
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In Kolkata, Songs, Celebrations For Mother Teresa's Sainthood
Singing nuns and followers clutching flowers flocked to Mother Teresa's tomb in Kolkata to celebrate her proclamation as a saint at the Vatican later Sunday.
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Toy Train Ride To Retrace Mother Teresa's 1946 Trip To Darjeeling
As the solemn canonization ceremony bestowed sainthood on Mother Teresa in faraway Rome, members of the Darjeeling branch of the Lay Missionaries of Charity) today took an 8-km ride on the iconic Darjeeling toy train to retrace the trip Mother Teresa took on September 10, 1946.
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Mother Teresa Is Now Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Highlights
Mother Teresa, world's most famous nun, will be elevated to sainthood today as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Pope Francis will lead the canonisation ceremony in the square which is expected to draw huge crowds of faithful and other admirers of Mother Teresa.
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Pope Hails Volunteers On Eve Of Mother Teresa Sainthood
Pope Francis on Saturday denounced what he called the modern-day sin of indifference to hunger, exploitation and other suffering, while commending the example of Mother Teresa on the eve of a sainthood ceremony for the nun who cared for India's destitute.
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All Indians Will Take Pride in Mother Teresa's Canonisation: President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee today called Mother Teresa a "messiah" of the poor and a pillar of support for the weak as he said every Indian will take pride on her canonisation on Sunday.
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Sushma Swaraj Leads Delegation For Mother Teresa's Canonisation
A 12-member delegation led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today left for Rome to attend the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on Sunday.
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Sister Mariam Thresia Third Kerala Woman To Be Canonised At Vatican
Kerala's Sister Mariam Thresia is set to be canonised next month, the fourth from the state who will be attaining sainthood, of which two were women.
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Pope Francis Makes Saints Of Disputed 20th Century Roman Catholic Figures
Pope Francis on Sunday made saints of two of the most contentious Roman Catholic figures of the 20th century -- murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, who reigned over one of the Church's most turbulent eras and enshrined its opposition to contraception.
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Harry Kane Sends Records Tumbling As He Targets World Cup Glory
Harry Kane is on the fast track to virtual sainthood in England, matching Gary Lineker's tally of six goals from 1986 in just three matches in Russia to set up a quarter-final against Sweden.
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Reformist Pope, Murdered Archbishop To Be Made Saints
Pope Paul VI, who oversaw sweeping reforms of the Catholic Church in the 1960s, will be made a saint along with a Salvadoran archbishop who was shot dead while celebrating mass, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
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Pope Francis Shuts Holy Door at Saint Peter's After Packed 12 Months
Pope Francis will bring to a close his "Year of Mercy" on Sunday, shutting the Holy Door at Saint Peter's after a packed 12 months that has seen him raise Mother Teresa to sainthood and reinstate Syrian refugees.
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Pope Speeds Path To Sainthood For Slain French Priest
Pope Francis has agreed to speed up the path to sainthood for French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel, murdered by two teenaged jihadists in July, Vatican sources said Sunday.
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Pope Francis Says Murdered French Priest A Martyr, On Road To Sainthood
Pope Francis said Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, was a "martyr", and indicated on Wednesday he was already on the road to sainthood.
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Blog: Mother Teresa's Message For Bangalore - Delivered On Tarmac
It is unreal to think that I met someone who has been declared a saint!
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Mother Teresa's Kolkata Welcomes Devotees From World Over On Canonization Day
When Pope Francis anointed sainthood on Mother Teresa at the Vatican, Kolkata - the city she had lived to serve - burst into tears of joy and chants of jubilation.
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In Kolkata, Songs, Celebrations For Mother Teresa's Sainthood
Singing nuns and followers clutching flowers flocked to Mother Teresa's tomb in Kolkata to celebrate her proclamation as a saint at the Vatican later Sunday.
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Toy Train Ride To Retrace Mother Teresa's 1946 Trip To Darjeeling
As the solemn canonization ceremony bestowed sainthood on Mother Teresa in faraway Rome, members of the Darjeeling branch of the Lay Missionaries of Charity) today took an 8-km ride on the iconic Darjeeling toy train to retrace the trip Mother Teresa took on September 10, 1946.
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Mother Teresa Is Now Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Highlights
Mother Teresa, world's most famous nun, will be elevated to sainthood today as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Pope Francis will lead the canonisation ceremony in the square which is expected to draw huge crowds of faithful and other admirers of Mother Teresa.
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Pope Hails Volunteers On Eve Of Mother Teresa Sainthood
Pope Francis on Saturday denounced what he called the modern-day sin of indifference to hunger, exploitation and other suffering, while commending the example of Mother Teresa on the eve of a sainthood ceremony for the nun who cared for India's destitute.
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All Indians Will Take Pride in Mother Teresa's Canonisation: President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee today called Mother Teresa a "messiah" of the poor and a pillar of support for the weak as he said every Indian will take pride on her canonisation on Sunday.
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Sushma Swaraj Leads Delegation For Mother Teresa's Canonisation
A 12-member delegation led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today left for Rome to attend the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on Sunday.
