Pope approves Mother Teresa miracle

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.

Beatification, in which a person is declared “blessed,” is a key step toward sainthood, which itself is attained following the Church’s approval of two miracles.

“Today, the decrees to be approved include those concerning Mother Teresa’s heroic virtues and the miracle attributed to her intercession. Today’s ceremony will clear the way for her beatification. A formal beatification ceremony will take place only after that,” the Missionaries of Charity, the order the nun founded in 1950, said in a statement yesterday.