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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mother Teresa was recently proclaimed a Saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican. She was beatified, a first step towards canonisation, in which year
A
2003
B
2004
C
2000
D
2005
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She died in 1997-aged 87-and was beatified in 2003, the first step to sainthood. In 2002, the Vatican ruled that an Indian woman’s stomach tumour had been miraculously cured after prayers to Mother Teresa, despite the doubts of her husband.

Detailed explanation-2: -She was beatified on October 19, 2003, reaching the ranks of the blessed in what was then the shortest time in the history of the church. She was canonized by Pope Francis I on September 4, 2016.

Detailed explanation-3: -2003-Blessed Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was beatified on October 19 in St. Peter’s Square. In order to move to the final stage of canonization, a second attributed miracle has to be verified and approved.

Detailed explanation-4: -With two miracles approved, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa a saint on September 4, 2016-just a day shy of the 19th anniversary of her death.

Detailed explanation-5: -On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, “The Missionaries of Charity”, whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after.

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