Laity and clergy in India welcomed the Vatican’s announcement that the feast of St Teresa of Kolkata will be added to the ...

Previously the feast day of St. Teresa of Calcutta ... In a separate note, Cardinal Roche described Mother Teresa as “a beacon of hope, small in stature yet great in love, a witness to the ...

Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so that her “Optional ...

the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution A/RES/67/105 designated the 5th of September, the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, as the International Day of Charity.

The leader of the nation's Catholic bishops has commended Pope Francis' move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and ...

A 1994 file photo of Mother Teresa. VATICAN—Pope Francis onadded the September 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an optional memorial.

On 10 September 1946 during the train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling for her annual retreat, Mother Teresa received her “inspiration,” her “call within a call.” On that day, in a way she ...

Church leaders in India have welcomed the Vatican's decision to add the feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata to the universal ...

On Feb. 11, the Vatican's Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a decree announcing that the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata ... The archbishop also quoted ...

Further elaborating his argument to celebrate Mother Teresa's birthday, which falls on August 26th, as "International Day of Compassion", Dr Mathai said: "The United Nations has also instituted ...