Canonization of Mother Teresa
                     CANONIZATION OF 
MOTHER TERESA
WHO WAS MOTHER 
TERESA?
Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, commonly known as Mother Teresa 
was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun, who spent most of her life 
to serve the sick and poor.
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MIRACLES
For a Saint to be canonized, two miracles should take 
place after their death. They were related to healing.
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FEW ‘ALMOST’ 
MIRACLES
The Vatican has some strict guidelines for declaring the 
miracles, so it took much time for it to be recognized.
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FIRST MIRACLE
A lady named Monica Besra was cured of lumps growing in 
her abdomen by the miraculous intervention of Mother 
Teresa, since medical reports which suggested surgery earlier 
found the lumps to have disappeared.
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SECOND MIRACLE
A Brazilian man named Marcilio Haddad Andrino was on death bed 
due to brain abscesses and fluid accumulation, whose wife prayed to 
Mother Teresa and placed her picture on his head before being taken 
to surgery. In the surgical room, he miraculously got up and it was 
found that his brain was cleared of all complications.
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CANONIZATION
Nine years after her death on September 4, 2016, she 
was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
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LEGACY
Several documentaries, books, and movies have 
been produced commemorating her life’s 
achievements and her greatness.
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LEGACY
She is widely remembered throughout the world as several 
parishes have patronized her and many places in Albania, 
Macedonia and Kosovo are named after her.
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