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Subject: Catholic News: MOTHER TERESA'S BEATIFICATION SET; OCTOBER 19
MOTHER TERESA'S BEATIFICATION SET; OCTOBER 19
VATICAN, Dec 20, 02 (CWNews.com) -- Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be
beatified on October 19, 2003.
The Missionaries of Charity, the religious order founded by the famous
nun, disclosed the date of the beatification ceremonies shortly after
the Vatican officially recognized a miracle attributed to her
intercession.
The decree recognizing the authenticity of the miracle was one of two
formal decrees concerning Mother Teresa issued on December 20. The other
decree-- read in the presence of Pope John Paul II after approval by the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints-- testified that her life had been
characterized by "heroic virtue." Those two de! crees fulfilled the
conditions for beatification.
Immediately after the decrees were read, Sister Nirmala, the superior of
the Missionaries of Charity, visited the Secretariat of State along with
Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, the postulator for Mother Teresa's cause, to
discuss plans for the beatification. The announcement of the October 19
date appeared shortly thereafter on Missionaries' web site.
"We are filled with join to know that the beatification will take place
in Rome on Mission Sunday, October 19," the Missionaries of Charity
stated. They added that the date would be the Sunday closest to the 25th
anniversary of Pope John Paul's election to the See of Peter, and to the
conclusion of the Year of the Rosary that he has proclaimed.
The beatification of Mother Teresa will shatter all records for speed.
Ordinarily the cause for a candidate for sainthood cannot even be opened
until five years after his death, and the Al! banian-born nun died in
1997. But Pope John Paul II authorized a special exemption from the
normal rules in her case, recognizing the widespread public recognition
of her sanctity.
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