Pope Advances Mother Teresa Toward Sainthood
VATICAN CITY — Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who spent much of her life caring for the poor of Calcutta, moved a step closer to sainthood Friday when Pope John Paul II recognized a reported miracle credited to her intercession.
Mother Teresa will be beatified in a ceremony scheduled for Oct. 19 in Rome, her order said.
Mother Teresa died in 1997 at age 87. A second miracle is required for sainthood.
The pope gave his approval to the miracle -- as well as 13 others for other saintly candidates -- in a Vatican ceremony.
The miracle involved the recovery of a woman, Monica Besra, who had a stomach tumor.
Her recovery came after an image of Mother Teresa was placed on her stomach, although detractors have asserted that she also received medicine.
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