Pope says Mother Teresa to be made a saint on Sept. 4
VATICAN CITY— 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
March 15, 2016
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VATICAN CITY— 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
On St. Peter’s Square last April 27 after the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, Father Vicente Robles, parish priest of Sto. Cristo and St. Andrew Kaegon Church in Bocaue, Bulacan, gave Pope Francis a letter asking for his apostolic blessing on the late Bro. Richie Fernando, a Jesuit scholastic, who died in Cambodia on Oct. 17, 1996 trying to save the lives of disabled children from the grenade thrown by a troubled student.
Our spiritual pilgrimage organized by Adam’s Travel to the canonization of St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII at St. Peter’s Square last April 27 also brought us to the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi.
Pope Francis, celebrating his first Palm Sunday in Vatican City as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, called for personal conversion to check greed and social iniquity “that hit the weakest” and the poor.
Saint Peter’s Square will be restored to its 17th-century Baroque glory with a major renovation project due to be completed in 30 months, the Vatican’s official daily said on Friday.
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