Missionaries of Charity copyright blue and white sari-CathNews NZ Pacific

Missionaries of Charity copyright blue and white sari

Thursday, July 13th, 2017

The Missionaries of Charity have patented the white and blue sari designed by Saint Teresa of Calcutta, obtaining a legal copyright recognizing the pattern as the intellectual property of the order.

Although it was never officially announced, the copyright had been granted the same day as Mother Teresa’s Sept. 4, 2016 canonization as the culmination of a three year legal process. Continue reading

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