India: Pope Francis accepts 2nd miracle, Mother Teresa to be anointed saint in 2016.

• Vatican has cleared the path for ascension of Mother Teresa to sainthood.
• Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa.
• Healing of a Brazilian suffering from multiple brain tumors has been recognized as the second miracle.
• The first one being the healing of a tribal woman suffering from abdominal tumor.

Pope accepts 2nd miracle, Mother Teresa to be anointed saint in 2016

Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 27, 1910, to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje, Macedonia. She arrived in India in 1929, and began her training in Darjeeling and taught at St Teresa's School. She took the first religious vows as a nun on May 24, 1931. She had initially wanted to be named after Therese de Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries, but because a nun in the convent had already chosen that name, Agnes opted for Teresa. She took her solemn vows on May 14, 1937 while teaching at Loreto Convent School in Entally, Kolkata. She founded MC in 1950 after being struck by the poverty in the streets of the city that had immensely suffered during the Bengal famine in 1943 and ethnic riots in 1946. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Kumar, who joined Mother Teresa's work in 1966, said the diminutive woman in a simple sari had always had a saintly disposition. "Working for the poor was her service to God. She just carried on and was always at peace with herself. Her smile was extremely charming. For me and others who were fortunate to work with her, the three decades association was a miracle," she said.