Pope Francis Announces Mother Teresa as a Saint; Canonization Will Soon Happen

Pope Francis formally announced his approval to make Mother Teresa a saint on Tuesday. The canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta will be held on Sept. 4, but the Vatican hasn't disclosed the location of the ceremony yet.

According to Daily Nation, the declaration of Mother Teresa's sainthood might happen in Rome. The prestigious event will be followed by a thanksgiving service in the Indian City, where Mother Teresa's body lies.

To recall, Pope Francis acknowledged Mother Teresa's sainthood in 2008 when the second miracle happened with the Brazilian man suffering from a number of brain tumors. The guy is healed following his priest's prayer for Mother Teresa's mediation with God.

Mother Teresa's first miracle was recognized by Pope John Paul II, who cleared the way of her beatification in 2003. Mother Teresa gave a critically-ill Bengali tribal woman's fast healing in 1998.

Moreover, Mother Teresa is known for being the Roman Catholic nun, who spent her life by serving the poor in the Indian City of Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta. At the early age of 19, she became a member of the Irish order of Loreto and went to India in 1929, as per BBC.

Mother Teresa then acted as a teacher in Darjeeling school and was identified as Therese. In 1964, Mother Teresa decided to move to Kolkata to help the needy by building a hospital and an orphanage for the abandoned kids.

Mother Teresa earned praises globally for her unbeatable work for the unfortunate people of Kolkata. In fact, she earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the poor.

Mother Teresa, too, was the founder of Missionaries of Charity in 1950 and has a sisterhood that has about 19 homes all over the world. However, some still found Mother Teresa's work obnoxious as her critics indicated that she's "pushing a hardline Catholicism" by working and receiving financial support with the dictators for her organization.

Mother Teresa died in 1997 at the age 87.