BY Daniel Harkins | November 19 | 
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Vatican dismisses claims over date for Canonisation of Mother Teresa
Holy See Press offices says ‘there is nothing juridical in place’ following reports by Italian news agency
The Vatican has denied reports that a date has been set for the Canonisation of Mother Teresa.
Italian news agency AGI yesterday reported that the late nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Missionaries of Charity, would be Canonised on September 4 or 5, 2016.
However Fr Ciro Benedettini, vice director at the Holy See Press Office, told the Catholic News Agency that while there is ‘a project, a study being carried out’ on the potential future Canonisation of Mother Teresa, there is nothing juridical in place yet, as the setting of a date would require the sainthood cause to be concluded and the Pope to give his consent.
Mother Teresa was Beatified in 2003 after the Vatican recognised as a miracle the healing of a tumour in the abdomen of an Indian woman.
It as previously been reported that Pope Francis is interested in Canonising Mother Theresa during the 2016 Year of Mercy, and Italian press reports in May also gave a September 4 2016 date for the canonisation.
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