Mother Teresa officially "Blessed" among women (and men).On Sunday, October 19, Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła will make official what many have already taken for granted--the saintliness saint·ly adj. saint·li·er, saint·li·est Of, relating to, resembling, or befitting a saint. saint  li·ness n. of Mother Teresa, the world-famous nun who served the poor in India for decades before her death in 1997. The pope will beatify Mother Teresa during a Mass that will also celebrate John Paul II's 25th anniversary as pope and will be televised live worldwide. Beatification beatification: see canonization. is one step before canonization canonization (kăn'ənĭzā`shən), in the Roman Catholic Church, process by which a person is classified as a saint. It is now performed at Rome alone, although in the Middle Ages and earlier bishops elsewhere used to canonize. as a saint. But controversy has surrounded the saintly nun in recent months. A statue to be donated to Rome, with the inscription "A Macedonian daughter," has prompted arguments in the Balkans about her Albanian ethnicity. A film that portrays her as a supporter of the wealthy while preaching resignation to the poor has been axed from a film festival in Calcutta. And her order, the Missionaries of Charity Missionaries Of Charity Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious order established in 1950, which consists of over 4,500 nuns and is active in 133 countries. Members of the order designate their affiliation using the order's initials, "MC. , has succeeded in copyrighting its founder's name, despite objections from Vatican officials. "Seeking copyright on the nun's name is like patenting Jesus Christ," a church official told UCA News. |
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