Pope John Paul II waived the five-year waiting period normally required between death and opening the process toward sainthood for Mother Teresa , who died less than two years ago at the age of 87. Mother Teresa founded the Sisters of Charity missionary order and won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work among the poor and destitute in Calcutta. The ceremony, which included 32 male ordinands, was held at St. Matthew Church West Parish in Guntur, where more than 3,000 attended. Prior to the service the church's 350 clergy members gathered and unanimously accepted women's ordination in principle. This is the fourth of nine Lutheran World Federation member churches to ordain women, and with its 400,000 members it is also the largest Lutheran church in India.
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