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  She died 440 years ago, thousands are lining up to see her body now: Here's story of Spanish saint

  World | May 27, 2025 11:02 IST

  Teresa was last displayed in 1914, when devotees had a single day to see the saint. This time, the display drew almost 100,000 visitors over two weeks, said Miguel Ángel González, the prior of the Discalced Carmelites of Salamanca.

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  Saints want more names of UP districts to be changed

  India | February 09, 2020 11:27 IST

  Welcoming the proposal to change the name of Basti district to Vashishth Nagar, the saints have said that a large number of cities in the state were renamed by the Mughal rulers and these cities must be given back their original names.

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  Pope Francis elevates Indian nun Mariam Thresia to sainthood

  India | October 13, 2019 19:29 IST

  Mariam Thresia, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family in Thrissur in May 1914, was raised to the highest position within the centuries-old institution during the ceremony at the St Peter's Square.

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  ‘Mirchi Baba’ seeks permission for ‘Jal Samadhi’ after Digvijay Singh's defeat

  India | June 16, 2019 23:43 IST

  The self-styled godman Baba Baraigyanand Giri alias Mirchi Baba wrote a letter to the collector, saying he was performing penance at the famous Kamakhya temple in Assam and wishes to take watery grave (Jal Samadhi).

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  ‘She totally deserves to be a saint’, says an American journalist who recalls his meeting with Mother Teresa in 1966

  World | September 04, 2016 23:50 IST

  McGowan, an American reporter, who had first brought the news of Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa's work to a global audience, still remembers the day in 1966 when he met the nun in the

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  #FraudTeresa: Twitter takes a dig at Mother's elevation to sainthood

  India | September 04, 2016 13:19 IST

  While lakhs have gathered to witness the ceremony marking Mother Teresa's elevation to sainthood, Twitterati appears to be unhappy with the same. So much so that ahead of the canonisation ceremony in Vatican City, there

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  Mother Teresa canonisation: Process of how Vatican recognises saints

  World | September 04, 2016 14:14 IST

  Around one lakh people on Sunday thronged to St. Peter's Square for the canonization of Mother Teresa, affectionately called by many as saint of the gutters. Here is the process of awarding sainthood.

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  Mother Teresa's sainthood and Nobel Prize deeply flawed, says author Aroup Chatterjee

  India | June 15, 2016 17:13 IST

  New Delhi: Mother Teresa's planned sainthood is in an "uncharted" place as the miracle attributed to her was denied by the so-called cured person, says Britain-based author Aroup Chatterjee, whose work on the Albanian-born nun

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  Pope John Paul II had 'intense' relationship with married woman: Report

  World | February 15, 2016 20:55 IST

  London: Pope Saint John Paul II had a close relationship with a married woman which lasted for over 30 years, a documentary aired by the BBC has claimed.Unseen letters featuring in a BBC documentary show

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  Kim Kardashian shares first photo of son Saint West (See Pic)

  Hollywood | January 03, 2016 16:31 IST

  Los Angeles: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has finally given her fans a peek-a-boo at her four-week-old baby Saint West. She posted his photograph on her website.Titled BFFS, the image shows Saint's hand grasping his

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  Mother Teresa to be elevated to sainthood next year: Vatican

  India | December 18, 2015 16:11 IST

  Kolkata: Mother Teresa will be elevated to sainthood after the Church has recognised a second miracle of the nun, the Missionaries of Charity said today."We have now received an official confirmation from Vatican that the

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  Madras High Court notice to HR&CE on PIL to open samaadhi of Saint

  India | February 10, 2015 19:01 IST

  Madurai: The Madras High Court bench today issued ordered notice to the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Trust on a PIL, seeking to open the ‘Thiruvarasu' (Samaadhi) of Saint Manvalamanigal and Sri Adhi kesava Perumal

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  Congress MP Darda calls Narendra Modi a saint, a lion

  Politics | July 29, 2012 15:03 IST

  Ahmedabad, July 29: Congress MP Vijay Darda today stirred a hornets' nest as he paid fulsome praise to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi describing him as a "saint" and "a lion". The occasion was a felicitation

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  Nitish Calls Anna 'Saint'

  India | August 24, 2011 20:53 IST

  Patna, Aug 24: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today termed Anna Hazare a ‘saint' and asked JD(U)leaders and workers to take lesson from his fast, which entered the ninth day today, and remain vigilant to