THE POOR MOTHER!

Sainthood status eludes Mother Teresa

Press Trust Of India 24TH August 2010

Baruipur, West Bengal: Even though the world eagerly awaits the elevation of Mother Teresa to sainthood as she approaches 100 this Thursday, this may not be possible soon as the Church is still looking for an 'acceptable' miracle attributed to her, a prelate has said here in West Bengal.

"We are receiving reports from all over the world of favours granted by Mother. Miracle has certain characteristics. Favours reported do not fit into the characteristics," said Bishop Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur.

After Teresa's death on September 5, 1997, Pope John Paul-II put her on the fast-track to sainthood, concluding her beatification on October 19, 2003, on the basis of claims of a tribal woman in Raiganj that she had been cured of stomach tumour by praying to her.

Church Law requires another miracle of a medical nature attributable to her before she could be canonised (declared saint).

On the 10th anniversary of Teresa's death in 2007, a Catholic priest from Guwahati claimed to have been cured of kidney stone after praying to Teresa.

"This claim was rejected by the Church authorities," Lobo, who headed the Diocesan Enquiry Team looking into the life and virtues of Teresa for her beatification, said.

Noting that the Diocesan Enquiry Team has been folded up after Teresa's beatification, he said a fresh enquiry team will have to be formed once the report of an 'acceptable' miracle was received.

The new team will have to be formed in the country where the fresh miracle is reported.

India, that is Bharath - as on 19th February 2010

The Crime File of 19th February, 2010 on MSN INDIA site:

Groom killed in celebratory firing

Noida: Pankaj Kishore Karotia (24) was all set to leave his in-laws' house on Thursday morning, after his wedding. His newlywed wife was waiting for him in the car, and Karotia, a resident of Amritpur village in Aligarh district, came for one last blessing from his father-in-law, Vijay Singh.

Pankaj's uncle Rajkumar who was standing next to him, drew out his licensed pistol and thought he would fire a final celebratory shot in the air. He was loading bullets in the pistol when it went off accidentally, killing Pankaj instantly.

Minor raped in Delhi

New Delhi: A six-year-old girl was raped by a rickshaw puller in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, police said on Thursday.

"The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon when the victim was playing near an under-construction building. The accused, Sanjay Podar, lured her and took her to an isolated place.
He then sexually assaulted her," a senior police officer said.
"A woman heard the child's cries coming from the place and raised an alarm. The locals in the area gathered and beat up the accused. The girl was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences where her medical examination confirmed rape," the officer added.

Four classmates, school peon booked for raping girl

Hoshiarpur: In a rape case of a schoolgirl over a month ago, four of her classmates and a school peon were booked by the Hoshiarpur police on Wednesday night. The girl, the daughter of a farmer, was raped on January 7 but she had not lodged any complaint with the police till Wednesday night.

Investigating officer Baljeet Singh said the girl was a student of Class XII in Jallowal Khanur Government School and the accused classmates have been expelled by the school authorities.

According to the complaint, on January 7, when the girl was returning home after school, her classmate Ranvir Singh Sabi, with his three friends, Bhupinder, Maninder and Sohan and school peon Kishan Lal dragged her to the school canteen, locked the door from outside and while all others kept a watch outside, Ranvir raped her.

She said Ranvir and others had threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anyone and hence she did not even tell her parents for several days.

After she recently informed her parents, they brought her to police station. A case has been registered against five and all five are absconding. Baljeet said the girl had stopped going to school after she informed her parents about the incident.

Tantrik held for human sacrifice

Bhubaneswar: A tantrik was arrested on Thursday on charges of killing a seven-year-old boy as a human sacrifice in Orissa's Jajpur district, police said.

Pitambara Gaipai (25) was arrested after he confessed that he killed the boy to gain superior hold over 'tantric vidya', police said. The boy, Srikanta Bagi, a resident of Kubal village in the district, had been missing since Feb 11. Gaipai, who belonged to the nearby Ichhapur village, told police that he beheaded the boy the same night.

While the body of the boy was found in a field near Ichhapur village, the severed head and two old human skulls were found in Gaipai's hamlet half a kilometre away.

"The accused confessed that he was practicing black magic and it was an act of human sacrifice," police added.