The way has been paved for Mother Teresa’s canonization after Pope Francis has approved a second miracle attributed to her. Kolkata Archbishop said, “We are very happy and overjoyed with this news, the city of Kolkata has been waiting for this day. We thank God of the great gift he bestowed on us with Mother Teresa.”

A statement from the Vatican announced the second miracle involved a Brazilian man with a viral brain infection that resulted in multiple abscesses. The patient was in a coma and dying in December 2008 because various treatments had been ineffective. The patient’s wife is said to have continuously sought the intercession of Mother Teresa for her husband

Mother Teresa died in 1997 at the age of 87. Pope John Paul beatified her in 2003, however canonization required another miracle after beatification.