<div dir="ltr"><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/31/491937448/how-the-catholic-church-documented-mother-teresas-two-miracles">http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/31/491937448/how-the-catholic-church-documented-mother-teresas-two-miracles</a><br></p><p>Humanitarian work alone, however,
is not sufficient for canonization in the Catholic Church. Normally, a
candidate must be associated with at least two miracles. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>The idea is
that a person worthy of sainthood must demonstrably be in heaven,
actually interceding with God on behalf of those in need of healing.</b></span></p> <p>In
Mother Teresa's case,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b> a woman in India whose stomach tumor disappeared
and a man in Brazil with brain abscesses who awoke from a coma <a href="http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-miracles-that-made-mother-teresa/">both credited their dramatic recovery</a> to prayers offered to the nun after her death in 1997.</b></span></p></div>