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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Mother Teresa will be made a saint on Sept. 4. Pope Francis set the canonization date Tuesday, paving the way for the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor to become the centerpiece of his yearlong focus on the Catholic Church's merciful side.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has signed off on the miracle needed to make Mother Teresa a saint, giving the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor one of the Catholic Church's highest honors just two decades after her death. The Vatican said Friday that Francis
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Despite recent reports that the Catholic Church plans to canonize Mother Teresa of Kolkata next September, the Vatican on Wednesday denied that it has set a date to officially name the missionary as saint. Earlier in the week, the Italian news agency AGI and L'Avvenire, the Italian bishops
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