Mother Teresa to become a saint on Sept. 4

Pope Francis to debut on Instagram on

Saturday

Pope Francis will make his Instagram debut on Saturday under the

handle Franciscus, as per reports from Vatican. The date for the pontiff’s

debut on the celebrity-dominated social medium was chosen by the 79-year-

old himself as it marks the third anniversary of his inauguration as the leader

of Catholics.

Pope Francis that  Mother Teresa will become a saint on Sept. 4.

‎Affectionately known as the “saint of the gutter” for her unconditional ‎love ‎for

the poor, abandoned and marginalized, Mother Teresa earned several

international honors, including ‎the ‎Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. ‎She

died Sept. 5, ‎‎1997, in Kolkata the eastern Indian city where she spent decades

doing her work. She was 87.Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003 by Pope

John Paul II after a first miracle was attributed to her, answering an Indian

woman’s prayers to cure her brain tumor, according to the Vatican. One

miracle is needed for beatification — described by theCatholic Church as

recognition of a person’s entrance into heaven — while sainthood requires

two. Francis officially cleared Mother Teresa for sainthood on Dec. 17, 2015,

recognizing her “miraculous healing” of a Brazilian man with multiple brain

abscesses, the Vatican said. Pope John Paul II put Mother Teresa on the fast

track toward sainthood.

Without dispensation from the pope, five years must pass from the time of the

candidate’s death before an examination can begin. A bishop is placed in

charge of the initial examination of the candidate’s life. Once deemed worthy

by the Vatican, the candidate is called a “Servant of God.”

In Mother Teresa’s case, the examination began almost immediately after her

death in 1997, the Vatican said.