Arvind Kejriwal to Attend Mother Teresa’s Canonisation in Vatican

She was beatified in 2003, after being recognised for her groundbreaking humanitarian work for the impoverished.

The Vatican is preparing to canonise Mother Teresa on 4 September this year. (Photo Courtesy: Raghu Rai)

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been invited by the religious congregation Missionaries of Charity to attend Mother Teresa’s canonisation in Vatican on 4 September.

Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003 and will be declared a saint in the September ceremony by Pope Francis.

The decision to canonise her was announced in March by Pope Francis, given the Nobel Prize winner’s humanitarian work, especially for the impoverished people living in slums in Kolkata.

Born in Macedonia on 26 August 1910 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Teresa joined the Loreto order of nuns in 1928. She founded the Missionaries of Charity order in 1950.

She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and she asked for the money from the award to be donated to the poor.

Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister, has also been invited to attend the ceremony.