VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of ...

The leader of the USCCB has commended the move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith.

From the day of her First Holy ... There she received the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In December, she departed for India, arriving in Calcutta on 6 January 1929.

The International Day of Charity was established with the ... commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 "for work ...

On 24 December 2024, the day on which Pope Francis opened the door in the ... 703/24), by means of which the celebration of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin, was inscribed in the Calendar of the Roman ...

The elevation of Mother Teresa will change the name of Housatonic's Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish at Corpus Christi Church to Saint Teresa of Calcutta Parish at Corpus Christi Church. The change ...

Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a "beacon of hope" and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so that her "Optional ...