His death marked the end of the pope, deeply shaped by the values of Teresa, the mother of Our Lady of Kolkata. time Magazine.
The bond between two Catholic giants – one from the slums of Buenos Aires and the other from the streets of Kolkata – is deeper than a title or ceremony. In one article time It is noted that Pope Francis often invokes Mother Teresa’s life and teachings to the poor in public speaking, pastoral actions, and globally.
In October 2012, months before the election of the Pope, Jorge Bergoglio told thousands of children in Buenos Aires, “Who told us that we can find Jesus among those in need?” The children shouted, “Mother Teresa!”
Before his Pope election, that moment set the tone for being the spiritual alliance he led.
The saints and the pope on the edge
Six months after Mass, Bergoglio became Pope Francis – within a few years he would make Mother Teresa a saint of the Catholic Church. But the observer pointed out that his reverence for her went beyond form and mentioned the report.
Francis is often called the “pope of the slum”.
Both are dedicated to serving the most marginalized people in the world. Although she is known as the “saint of the drain”, he shocked most of the people at the global forums (from the United Nations to the poor in the U.S. Congress) and warned that what he was talking about was a growing “culture of indifference” to human suffering.
The report further convened the Pope’s 2014 visit to Albania, Mother Teresa’s homeland, during which he symbolically visited the disabled child care centre. In Rome, the viral image of his kissing the face of a disfigured man in St. Peter’s Square responds to Mother Teresa’s message: Every human life deserves dignity and love.
Belief in darkness, love in action
In addition, both Francis and Teresa drew spiritual inspiration from Lisieux’s Saintthérèse, known for the doctrine of the Little Way, which is a way of “little daily love” to find holiness.
this time The report observes that Pope Francis often carries her writings while traveling and once said that when he faces uncertainty, he asked Saint Thérèse to enjoy a symbol of a rose.
In 2015, he was named Mother Teresa’s parents, making them the first married couple to be declared saints together. That same year, Francis announced the Year of Pity for Jubilee, strengthening the ideal of building life around him and Teresa.
Just as powerful is Mother Teresa’s daily prayer to St. Francis, a 13th-century saint, the name adopted by the pope.
time Further noting that Teresa’s famous prayer at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony became the blueprint for both leaders: “In a place of hatred, let me bring love; in a place of despair, hope.”
Interfaith solidarity and global peace
Both numbers advocate religious respect. Mother Teresa insisted that her mission was not to convert, but to serve. She wrote: “There is only one God, He is the God of all.” Pope Francis conveyed the message forward – defeating the feet of Muslim immigrants, bringing Syrian Muslim refugees to Rome and hosting Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb in the Vatican.
“Conferences are information,” Francis said after the landmark 2016 encounter.
