Italian media recently reported that a date has been set for Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s canonization, but later said that the date was only “hypothetical.”
Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, reportedly said that Mother Teresa’s canonization was set for September 4, 2016.
Fischella’s office was put in charge of the coming Holy Year which starts on December 8, 2015 and ends in November 2016.
Further reports have come to light, though, that no date has actually been set, but that there was a great desire for Mother Teresa to be canonized, said Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi.
Requires a second miracle
According to Lombardi, Mother Teresa’s canonization procedure requires a second miracle to move forward. Pope Francis may supposedly be waiting for this confirmation before commenting on her sainthood status.
Still, exceptions have been made for other saints. Some saints such as Angela Foligno, Peter Faber, Jose de Anchieta, Marie of the Incarnation and a few others did not follow the usual canonization rules, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
These saints have been canonized under equivalent or equipollent pontification, which means that they did not meet the the usual requirements church law states to become a saint, but were approved by the Pope.
Exceptions for Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa’s process did have its own exceptions. Instead of waiting five years (as is church norm) after her death to open the beatification process, they only waited for two years.
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