DAILY CATHOLIC     THURSDAY     March 11, 1999     vol. 10, no. 49

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MOTHER TERESA BEATIFICATION COULD TAKE PLACE NEXT YEAR

          CALCUTTA (CWNews.com) - Archbishop Henry D'Souza of Calcutta indicated this week that Mother Teresa could be beatified as early as next year and her successor as the head of the Missionaries of Charity religious order said she was delighted at the idea that Pope John Paul II himself might preside over the ceremony.

          Sister Nirmala told Vatican Radio that a papal visit to Calcutta next year for the beatification of Mother Teresa "would be wonderful." The Vatican confirmed on March 1 that the Holy Father had authorized a waiver of the usual five-year waiting period before a cause for canonization could begin in the case of Mother Teresa who died in 1997.

          In another interview with Vatican Radio, Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Cause of Saints, said several factors affected the Pontiff's decision to begin the process including "an avalanche of requests" and "the vast and solid reputation of saintliness already universally enjoyed by Mother Teresa of Calcutta."


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March 11, 1999       volume 10, no. 49
NEWS & VIEWS

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