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Mother Teresa not to be exhumed
Kolkata, Oct 15: Deviating from another tradition of the Roman Catholic church, the Vatican has decided to do away with the process of exhumation of the body of Mother Teresa which it normally does with candidates for beatification and subsequent sainthood.
Kolkata, Oct 15: Deviating from another tradition of the Roman Catholic church, the Vatican has decided to do away with the process of exhumation of the body of Mother Teresa which it normally does with candidates for beatification and subsequent sainthood.
''Usually, exhumation of the body is done before the ceremony of beatification, which is a step to subsequent sainthood. But in Mother's case, this is not being done,'' church sources said here.
According to canon law expert, Fr A C Jose, exhumation of the body is done to establish he identity of the candidate and also to ascertain the condition of the candidate's mortal remains. ''If there is no evidence of corruption of the body, as recorded in a number of cases, then it certainly adds to the cause of the candidate's sainthood.'' While pointing out that exhumation of the body can be done even after the candidate had been conferred sainthood, the sources, however, said that this will not be done in the case of Mother Teresa.
Pope John Paul-II has already deviated from the church tradition of the customary five-year wait for the diocesan inquiry into the life and virtue of mother, putting the Nobel laureate nun, who died in 1997, into the fast track to sainthood. Meanwhile, Missionaries of Charity sources have denied media reports that blood, drawn from Mother Teresa's body after exhumation, would be handed over to the Pope at Vatican. Bureau Report
According to canon law expert, Fr A C Jose, exhumation of the body is done to establish he identity of the candidate and also to ascertain the condition of the candidate's mortal remains. ''If there is no evidence of corruption of the body, as recorded in a number of cases, then it certainly adds to the cause of the candidate's sainthood.'' While pointing out that exhumation of the body can be done even after the candidate had been conferred sainthood, the sources, however, said that this will not be done in the case of Mother Teresa.
Pope John Paul-II has already deviated from the church tradition of the customary five-year wait for the diocesan inquiry into the life and virtue of mother, putting the Nobel laureate nun, who died in 1997, into the fast track to sainthood. Meanwhile, Missionaries of Charity sources have denied media reports that blood, drawn from Mother Teresa's body after exhumation, would be handed over to the Pope at Vatican. Bureau Report