Also on hand was Monica Besra, an Indian woman who the Vatican says was cured of a medically incurable abdominal tumor after praying to Mother Teresa - the miracle it needed for beatification.

He said the meeting changed his life around. | Mitch Dudek/Sun-Times Share Before Mother Teresa grabbed his hand, perhaps the most powerful thing Demetrius Ford ever held was a gun. Ford ran a ...

"I am so proud to be from Kolkata," said Sanjay Sarkar, a high school student on hand for the celebration. "Mother Teresa belonged to Kolkata, and she has been declared a saint." For Francis ...

“Would you like to meet Mother Teresa?” We thought, “Oh, my God, that’s incredible.” We got in line, and she put a hand on each of our heads, and said, “God bless you” and gave us a ...

She reached out a hand and touched an arm or a shoulder. That is St. Teresa of Calcutta, or “Mother Teresa,” as the world still most often remembers her, making her daily rounds. Other things ...

5 feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata — better known ... bouquets while others bowed their heads beneath the hand of the bronze statue of Mother for her “blessing.” “We are happy to come ...