{"id":7900,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/the-cannonization-of-mother-theresa\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:54","slug":"the-cannonization-of-mother-theresa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/the-cannonization-of-mother-theresa\/","title":{"rendered":"The cannonization of Mother Theresa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137048284 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW137048284 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137048284 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137048284 BCX0\">Mother Teresa (Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, 1910-1997), Catholic missionary devoted to the poor, sick and needy, was consecrated in the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome. 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