Mother Teresa to Become Saint After Pope Recognizes 'Miracle'

Mother Teresa, who was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity that is dedicated in aiding the poor, will be declared a Saint next year.

This report came Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, after Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa. Thus, clearing the way for the Catholic nun to be a Saint.

According to the report by Yahoo!, Pope Francis approved the decree regarding Mother Teresa's miracle during a meeting with the head of Vatican's saint-making office.

The said second miracle by Mother Teresa involves the healing of a Brazilian man who was suffering from a viral brain infection.

As stated in the report, the man was in a state of coma and was dying due to the "accumulation of fluid around the brain." However, the man's wife prayed to Mother Teresa's intervention. When the man was brought to the operating room, he woke up feeling no pain at all. The surgery for the man did not push through and was even declared "symptom-free" a day after.

"With her work, she was always the symbol of mercy, not just with words but with her actions," Rev. Sebastian Vazhakala, superior general of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, told Yahoo!

As of present time, the Vatican has not yet released the official date of Mother Teresa's canonization. However, it is highly possible that it will take place in early September which will coincide with the 19th year anniversary of Mother Teresa's death.

According to BBC, Mother Teresa died in 1997 and was beatified in 2003 after Pope John Paul II recognized that the curing of an Indian woman, who was then suffering from an abdominal tumor, was due to the divine intervention of Mother Teresa.

The aforementioned 2003 beatification placed Mother Teresa one step closer to sainthood. However, a second miracle was needed to bestow her with the Catholic Church's biggest honor.

Mother Teresa, who was baptized as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born in Skopje, which is now known as Macedonia. Her parents were of Albanian descent and devout Catholics.

Known as the "Saint of the Gutter," Mother Teresa lived a life of serving the poor and the sick starting in the slumps of Calcutta, India to other parts of the world. Her charitable works earned her various recognitions including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

Currently, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, which was founded in 1950, has more than 4,500 nuns all over the world continuing the mission of serving the poorest of the poor.