Pope St John Paul II and St Teresa of Calcuta - San Diego, CA
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The statues of Pope St John Paul II and St Teresa of Calcuta are located at the back of the St. Joseph Cathedral in San Diego, California.
Waymark Code: WM10E09
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2019
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Pope John Paul II (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 and canonised 483 people, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries.
He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on 1 May 2011 and canonized on 27 April 2014, by Pope Francis. (
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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), commonly known as Mother Teresa and honoured in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in North Macedonia for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.
In 1950, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that had over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis.
She was beatified on 19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II and canonized by Pope Francis on 4 September 2016. (
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The beautiful life-size statues show Mother Teresa holding Pope John Paul II's hand in hers, a symbol of their deep friendship. The statues are located at the back of the church in a setting that allows visits without disrupting worship.