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  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Maria Mocnik (78) prepares a parchment for a client that will receive a papal blessing at her store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
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The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_1022.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Maria Mocnik (78) prepares a parchment for a client that will receive a papal blessing at her store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0964.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Maria Mocnik (78) prepares a parchment for a client that will receive a papal blessing at her store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_1000.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Maria Mocnik (78) prepares a parchment for a client that will receive a papal blessing at her store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0980.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Maria Mocnik (78) prepares a parchment for a client that will receive a papal blessing at her store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_1016.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Maria Mocnik (78, left) prepares a parchment for a client that will receive a papal blessing at her store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0948.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: A client fills out a papal blessing order form at the Galleria Savelli religious store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0782.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Examples of Papal blessings are shown here at Maria Mocnik's religious store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0927.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: A client asks questions about the papal blessings to a saleswoman at the Galleria Savelli religious store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0816.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Examples of Papal blessings are shown here at the Galleria Savelli religious store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0802.jpg
  • VATICAN - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Faithfuls attend the Wednesday udienza of Pope Francis in St-Peter's Square at the Vatican, Vatican City, on September 24th 2014.<br />
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The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0711.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Entrance of the Galleria Savelli religious store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
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The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0918.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Lorenzo Savelli (75), owner of the Galleria Savelli religious store, poses for a portrait at the entrance oh his store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0859.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Lorenzo Savelli (75), owner of the Galleria Savelli religious store, poses for a portrait at the entrance oh his store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0858.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Lorenzo Savelli (75), owner of the Galleria Savelli religious store, poses for a portrait at the entrance oh his store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0853.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: A miniature of Pope John Paul II is here at one of the entrances of the Savelli religious store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
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The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0848.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Religous XXX are on sale here at the Galleria Savelli religious store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
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The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0829.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: A nun walks by the columns of St-Peter's Square in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0736.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: A nun walks by the columns of St-Peter's Square in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0724.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Lorenzo Savelli (75), owner of the Galleria Savelli religious store, poses for a portrait at the entrance oh his store in Rome, Italy, on September 24th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0856.jpg
  • VATICAN - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Faithfuls and tourists are here in St-Peter's Square after the Wdnesday udienza by Pope Francis, at the Vatican on September 24th 2014.<br />
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The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0764.jpg
  • VATICAN - 24 SEPTEMBER 2014: Faithfuls walk away from St-Peter's Square after attending the Wednesday udienza by Pope Francis at the Vatican, on September 24th 2014.<br />
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The Vatican has announced that souvenir shops in Rome will no longer be allowed to sell plaques and parchments with papal blessings. Bishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, informed the shopkeepers in April that beginning on January 1, 2015, the papal blessings will only be available through at the Office of Papal Charities. All profits from the sale of these documents will go to the papal charities.
    CIPG_20140924_INYT-Vatican__M3_0746.jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mariella Cirami (29), who works for the NGO "I Girasoli", plays with Blessing, daughter of Nigerian asylum seeker Margareth,  in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
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“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Isaac, an Iraqi refugee and gues at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, poses for a portrait, in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Isaac, an Iraqi refugee and gues at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The interior of one of the dormitories of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Homeless men have dinner in the soup kitchen of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A volunteer cooks pasta in the soup kitchen of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, walks back to the sacristy after celebrating the evening mass in the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Homeless men and volunteers attend mass in the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A statue of Mother Teresa is seen here at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
<br />
Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
<br />
Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Isaac, an Iraqi refugee and gues at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, poses for a portrait, in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
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The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A homeless man prays by the statue of Mother Teresa at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
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The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: After dinner, homeless men stand outside the dormitory of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: An icon of Mother Teresa hang above the door of the soup kitchen of Casa Serena,  a prefabricated house for homeless men  in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The interior of one of the dormitories of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Trolleys and bags belonging to homeless men are store on the top of lockers by the rooms of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Homeless men have dinner in the soup kitchen of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Friars push a chart carrying the donner for the guests of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: After mass, homeless men head down to their rooms and to the soup kitchen of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Homeless men attend mass in the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The entrance to the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Homeless men attend mass in the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Homeless men and volunteers attend mass in the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, prepares for the evening mass in the sacristy of the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, prepares for the evening mass in the sacristy of the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A volunteer enters the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, to attend mass in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A homeless man enters the chapel of Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men, to attend mass in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, poses for a portrait at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, poses for a portrait at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, poses for a portrait at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, poses for a portrait at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
<br />
The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Father Sebastian Vazhakala, co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative, poses for a portrait at Casa Serena, a prefabricated house for homeless men in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Casa Serena, inaugurated in 1993, hosts approximately 70 men, 50 years or above, of any nationality, religion, colour. <br />
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The Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests with equal rights and obligations, founded by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala in 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and free service to the poor.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: The San Gregorio al Celio church complex which partly hosts the accommodation center ran by the the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A sister of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, throws flowers at a statue of the Holy Mary, by the accommodation center ran by the Missionaries of Charity at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A seminarist and volunteer opens the door of the accommodation center ran by the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, pray during the morning mass before receiving communion at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The garden of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, and the San Gregorio al Celio church complex, are seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Sister Mary Prema Pierick, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, poses for a portrait in the garden of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: The entrance gate that leads to the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, is seen here next to the San Gregorio al Celio church in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, bring food at the accommodation center they run at San Gregorio al Celio, which hosts homeless men, in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, bring food at the accommodation center they run at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A homeless man hosted at the accommodation center ran the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, walks along the alley at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A homeless man hosted at the accommodation center ran the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, is here by the entrance at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A sister steps inside the accommodation center ran by the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A sister opens the door of the accommodation center ran by the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: The dining area of the accommodation center ran the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, at San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, pray during the morning mass at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, receive the communion during the morning mass at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, receive the communion during the morning mass at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, pray during the morning mass at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, pray during the morning mass at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A Sister of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, listens to the morning mass at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2016: A sister steps inside a room of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity shortly before the morning mass in Rome, Italy, on August 27th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The entrance of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A sister of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, holds a child visiting the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A sister of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, welcomes a group of visitors at the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The interior of the chapel of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A photogtaph of Mother Teresa and a welcome board are here at the entrance of the chapel at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A certificate of authenticity for the bed used by Mother Teresa in the room where she used to stay during her visits in Rome, issued by the Cause for the Canonization, is seen here at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The room where Mother Teresa used to stay during her visits in Rome is seen here at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A sister of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, enters a room of the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: The room where Mother Teresa used to stay during her visits in Rome is seen here at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A sister of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, walks in the garden of the Mother House in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Sister Mary Prema Pierick, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, poses for a portrait in the garden of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Sister Mary Prema Pierick, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, poses for a portrait in the garden of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Sister Mary Prema Pierick, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, poses for a portrait in the garden of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Sister Mary Prema Pierick, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, poses for a portrait in the garden of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: Sister Mary Prema Pierick, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, poses for a portrait in the garden of the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2016: A bust of Mother Teresa is here outside the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity  in Rome, Italy, on August 26th 2016.<br />
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Mother Teresa, also known as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, whose members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as the vow to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor. Shortly after she died in 1997, Pope John Paul II waived the usual five-year waiting period and allowed the opening of the process to declare her sainthood. She was beatified in 2003. A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for September 4th 2016, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.
    CIPG_20160826_INYT_MotherTeresa_5M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 March 2014: The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni funerary monument by Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, finished in 1674, is here in the Altieri Chapel of the 800-years old church of St. Francis at Ripa, in Rome, Italy, on March 13th 2014.<br />
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When St. Francis used to come to Rome between 1209 and 1223 to meet the Pope Innocenzo III, he lived in a small room (or cell) and assisted lepers. After eight centuries the cell requires substantial restoration, yet the church does not have the $125,000 needed for the project, so they have launched a 30-day online fundraising campaign, using the “crowd funding” website, Kickstarter.
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013: (R-L) Portraits of the founder Shrine of Pompeii, Blessed Bartolo Longo and his wife Countess Marianna Farnararo De Fusco, hang in the mayor's office in the town hall in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
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Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
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Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:   Elderly men gather in the public park of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosaryin Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
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Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
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Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4916.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:   A man walk by the public park of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
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Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4915.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013: A woman sits in a bar by the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary  in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4901.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:   Nuns collect offerings in the sacristy of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4888.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:  The sacristy of the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4878.jpg
  • POMPEII, ITALY - 5 APRIL 2013:  Faithfuls arrive at the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, in Pompeii, Italy, on April 5th, 2013.<br />
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In recent years, a series of collapses at the site have alarmed conservationists, who warn that the ancient Roman city is dangerously exposed to the elements ? and poorly served by the red tape, lack of strategic planning and limited personnel of the site's historically troubled management. <br />
<br />
Pompeii, along with Herculaneum, was buried under 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After its initial discovery in 1599, Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.<br />
<br />
Pompeii is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.<br />
<br />
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20130405_NYT_Pompei__MG_4875.jpg
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