Mother Teresa will soon be a saint

This morning, the Vatican Press Centre announced that there will be an Ordinary Public Consistory held next Tuesday (March 15) at 10:00am local time, in the Consistory Hall at the Vatican Apostolic Palace.

The Holy Father, Pope Francis will preside at the celebration of the liturgical Hour of Terse (Mid-morning Prayer) and the meeting will continue with decisions being made about the dates for the Canonization of five new Saints:

• Giuseppe Sánchez del Río;
• Stanislao di Gesù Maria (born, Giovanni Papczyński);
• Giuseppe Gabrielle del Rosario Brochero;
• Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad; and
• Teresa of Calcutta (born, Agnese Gonxha Bojaxhiu).

The foundress of the Missionaries of Charity was born in Skopje (Albania) on 26 August 1910 and died in Calcutta (India) on 5 September 1997.  Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was Beatified by Saint John Paul II on 19 October 2003.  A second miracle attributed to her intercession was officially recognized by Pope Francis on 17 December 2015, clearing the way for her approaching Canonization.