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Vatican-issued Mother Teresa stamps sold ahead of fast-track beatification

NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
09-24-2003
Dateline: VATICAN CITY
Vatican-issued stamps, a display of her blood, even a musical and cartoon celebrating her life: These are some of the ways Mother Teresa's fans are honoring the nun who will take a step toward sainthood when she is beatified next month.

Factories are churning out Mother Teresa rosaries, crucifixes and key chains ahead of the Oct. 19 beatification, and on Tuesday a line snaked around the Vatican post office for a new set of postcard stamps bearing her image.

The preparations are steaming ahead at a breathtaking pace, which seems only natural, since Mother Teresa is on the fast track for sainthood.

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