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Mother Teresa followers, MoC overjoyed over news of second miracle in Kolkata
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IBNS) As the news of Pope Francis recognising a second medical miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, which paves the way for the late nun to be elevated to sainthood next year, poured in, Kolkata, the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity (MoC) set up by Mother, reacted with overwhelming emotions and happiness.
MoC spokesperson Sunita Kumar said she got the news while in a gurdwara from Sister Christie of MoC and was overwhelmed.
"I was over the moon. We always think Mother's whole life is a miracle," she told IBNS.
According to Archbishop of Calcutta, Thomas D'Souza, the news is the best Christmas gift one can get.
"We all only waited for this news for years to be officially announced. We are grateful to god and we are extremely happy,: he said.
A statement issued by Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, who is the postulator of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, said: "On 17 December 2015, Pope Francis approved the promulgation of the decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata. The case submitted by the Postulation of her Cause of Canonization concerns the miraculous healing that took place in 2008 in Santos, Brazil."
"The case involves a man having a viral brain infection that resulted in multiple abscesses with triventricular hydrocephalus."
According to the statement, the various treatments undertaken were not effective, and thus his condition continuously worsened.
"By 9 December 2008 the patient was in an acute clinical state: obstructive hydrocephalus; he was in a coma and dying. It was decided to proceed with emergency surgery. At 18:10 the patient was taken to the operating room, but the Anesthesiologist could not perform the tracheal intubation for anesthesia."
"Meanwhile, from March 2008, the patient’s wife continuously sought the intercession of Blessed Mother Teresa for her husband. To her own prayers of intercession were joined those of her relatives, friends, and the parish priest, all of whom were praying for a miraculous cure through the intercession of Mother Teresa."
The statement said: "On this same day, 9 December 2008, when the patient entered into serious crisis and had to be taken for an emergency operation, intensified prayers were addressed to Blessed Teresa for his recovery. Precisely between the hours of 18.10 and 18.40 the patient’s wife went to her parish church, and along with the pastor, turned to Blessed Teresa begging with greater determination the cure of her dying husband."
"At 18.40 the neurosurgeon returned to the operating room and found the patient inexplicably awake and without pain. The patient asked the doctor, “what I am doing here?” The next morning, December 10, 2008,when examined at 7.40 the patient was fully awake and without any headache; he was asymptomatic with normal cognition."
"The patient, now completely healed, resumed his work as a mechanical engineer without any particular limitation. In addition, it should be emphasized that despite the tests that showed a state of sterility due to the intense and prolonged immunosuppression and antibiotics, the couple have two healthy children born in 2009 and 2012."
On 10 September of this year, the medical commission voted unanimously that the cure is inexplicable in the light of present-day medical knowledge.
"Meanwhile, from March 2008, the patient’s wife continuously sought the intercession of Blessed Mother Teresa for her husband. To her own prayers of intercession were joined those of her relatives, friends, and the parish priest, all of whom were praying for a miraculous cure through the intercession of Mother Teresa."
The statement said: "On this same day, 9 December 2008, when the patient entered into serious crisis and had to be taken for an emergency operation, intensified prayers were addressed to Blessed Teresa for his recovery. Precisely between the hours of 18.10 and 18.40 the patient’s wife went to her parish church, and along with the pastor, turned to Blessed Teresa begging with greater determination the cure of her dying husband."
"At 18.40 the neurosurgeon returned to the operating room and found the patient inexplicably awake and without pain. The patient asked the doctor, “what I am doing here?” The next morning, December 10, 2008,when examined at 7.40 the patient was fully awake and without any headache; he was asymptomatic with normal cognition."
"The patient, now completely healed, resumed his work as a mechanical engineer without any particular limitation. In addition, it should be emphasized that despite the tests that showed a state of sterility due to the intense and prolonged immunosuppression and antibiotics, the couple have two healthy children born in 2009 and 2012."
On 10 September of this year, the medical commission voted unanimously that the cure is inexplicable in the light of present-day medical knowledge.
On 8 October the theological commission also voted unanimously that there was a perfect connection of cause and effect between the invocation of Mother Teresa and the scientifically inexplicable healing. On 15 December the case received the final approval of the congress of Cardinals and Bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saintsmeeting in ordinary session.
"The date of the canonization will be officially announced in the next Consistory of Cardinals," said Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC.
"The date of the canonization will be officially announced in the next Consistory of Cardinals," said Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC.
Mother Teresa, who devoted her life for the cause of the poorest of the poor, is expected to be canonised in Rome on September 4 as part the pope’s Jubilee year of mercy, The Guardian quoted Avvenire, an Italian Catholic newspaper.
Teresa, who was born to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje in Macedonia, was known across the world for her charity work and had chosen Kolkata as her place of work all life. She died in 1997 at the age of 87.She won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
She was beatified by then pope John Paul II in a fast-tracked process in 2003, in a ceremony attended by some 300,000 pilgrims. Beatification is a first step towards sainthood.
In 2002, the Vatican officially recognised a miracle she was said to have carried out after her death, namely the 1998 healing of a Bengali tribal woman, Monika Besra, who was suffering from an abdominal tumour.
The traditional canonisation procedure requires at least two miracles.
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