Pope Francis announced yesterday that Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who worked with the poor in Calcutta, India, is to be declared a saint on September 4, 2016.
The news was received by Catholic faithful in Nigeria with a lot of excitement.
The Director of Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Rev. Fr. Patrick Alumuku, who met the late Mother Teresa in the course of his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University said yesterday: “I received the news joyfully. She was a contemporary of Pope John Paul II who was also very appreciative of her work. While he was preaching around the world, Mother Teresa was showing the love of God to the world.

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She deserves/deserved it!

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
"Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.” ...................... Mother Teresa