Pope John Paul II bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honours today on Mother Teresa, the nun who cared for many of the world’s poorest people.

THE Pope yesterday approved a miracle attributed to Mother Teresa's intercession, paving the way for the nun who dedicated her life to the poor to be beatified and possibly made a saint.

POPE John Paul will approve a miracle attributed to Mother Teresa today, paving the way for the beatification of the Nobel Prize-winning nun, the Missionaries of Charity said.