Pope Francis has recognised a second miracle attributed to
Mother Teresa, clearing the way for the Roman Catholic nun to be made a saint
next year.
The miracle involved the inexplicable healing of a Brazilian
man with multiple brain tumours, a
report in the Avvenire newspaper of the
Italian Catholic Bishop's Conference said.
Mother Teresa was beatified - the first step towards
sainthood - in 2003.
The Nobel Peace Prize-winner - for her work with the poor -
died in 1997.
She is celebrated for her work in the slums of Indian city
of Kolkata (Calcutta).
The Avvenire report said that she is expected to be
canonised in Rome in September.
Beatification requires one miracle by the Catholic Church,
while the process of becoming recognised as a saint requires proof of at least
two miracles.
Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003 after Pope John Paul II
accepted as authentic a miracle attributed to her.
The Pope judged that the curing of an Indian woman suffering
from an abdominal tumour was the result of the supernatural intervention of
Mother Teresa with God - a claim challenged by Indian rationalists.
Born Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, in 1910,
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1949, dedicating her life
to caring for impoverished and sick people in Kolkata.
Known as the "saint of the gutter", she earned
worldwide acclaim for her efforts.
Her critics, however, accused her of mixing with dictators
and peddling a hardline Catholicism.
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