Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother
Teresa, paving her way to sainthood.
On Thursday, he ratified a miracle attributed to her after her death,
the Italian Catholic Bishops' association's official newspaper
Avvenire reported.
To qualify a person for sainthood, an attributed miracle must occur
after his or her death.
In this case, a Brazilian man with multiple brain tumors was healed
after loved ones prayed to Mother Teresa to heal him, Avvenire
reported.
Holy See spokesman Thomas Rosica said in a tweet that Mother Teresa
should be canonized, or pronounced a saint, in September.
The nun renowned for caring for impoverished people in the slums of
Calcutta, India, died in 1997 and was beatified in October 2003 by now
deceased Pope John Paul II. He approved a first posthumous miracle.
A 30-year-old woman in Kolkata said she was cured of a stomach tumor
after praying to Mother Teresa. A Vatican committee said it could
find no scientific explanation for her healing and declared it a
miracle.
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