The Vatican has insisted that Mother Teresas course to sainthood will not be affected by the deep crisis of faith she suffered in the last 40 years of her life.
London, August 25 : The Vatican has insisted that Mother Teresa's course to sainthood will not be affected by the deep crisis of faith she suffered in the last 40 years of her life.
The release of old letters revealed a side of Mother Teresa that has shocked some - that the Nobel Peace Prize recipient had serious struggles with her faith.
According to some of the letters within her file, Mother Teresa began to struggle with her belief in God at roughly the same time as she started caring for the poor and sick in Calcutta in 1949.
However, The Vatican has insisted that Mother Teresa's course to sainthood will not be affected by this deep crisis of faith, rather this obvious spiritual torment regarding her faith will actually help give a new insight into her life.
"Mother Teresa has already been beatified. For her canonisation as a saint, she now requires one more verified miracle," the Telegraph quoted Monsignor Robert Sarno, who is in charge of her case at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, as saying.
Mgr Sarno said that it was "not surprising" that Mother Teresa had, sometimes, turned away from God.
"It would be surprising if she hadn't. It's really very simple. People have to realise that the Church does not canonise God," he said.
"She was a human being, not a cartoon super hero like Batman or Superman, and she faced reality. Even the saints are faced with the difficulties of life," he added.
Mgr Sarno gave the example of how the apostles in the New Testament abandoned God, but still continued with their faith."They had their problems. They abandoned the Lord and then they rose above that and continued in their faith," he said.
ANI