Card. Gracias welcomes news of Mother Teresa’s sainthood

Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias has received the news of Mother Teresa’s clearance for sainthood with ‎enthusiasm.  “I am delighted and overjoyed for this great gift, which is the epitome of the highest ‎mercy,” he told AsiaNews.  He recalled he had a very intense friendship with her saying, “Every time ‎we met, we shared our deepest joys and our greatest concerns.”   “Mother is India’s gift to the world, ‎to the secular world as well as the Christian world. Everyone, without distinction of religious ‎affiliations, loves her,” said Cardinal Gracias, who is Archbishop of Bombay.  “Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, ‎Jains, Buddhists, non-believers, even atheists love Mother intensely,” he said, adding, “They love her ‎and her voice of compassion and passionate love for the poor and the marginalised.”   “Her ‎canonization will concretely highlight the call to mercy in the 21st century.”  “Mother is a model we all ‎have to follow. This is the best Christmas present I ever received,” Cardinal Gracias added.‎  (Source: AsiaNews)