Kolkata: Relaxing yet another rule for Mother Teresa, the Vatican has allowed requiem Mass, a prayer for the souls of the dead, to be said for the nun across churches in West Bengal on her seventh death anniversary tomorrow (Sep 5, 2004), waiving the traditional ban on personal Mass on Sundays.

''Since Sunday is the Lord's day, no other feast is allowed on that day. But in case of Mother Teresa, the Vatican has made an exception and allowed Mass to be held in her memory tomorrow,'' Missionaries of Charity sources told.

Though the waiver allows the Mass to be held in all churches in the State, the ceremony is likely to be held only in the Missionaries of Charity churches and those frequented by the nuns.

Among the non- Missionaries of Charity churches where the Mass would he held tomorrow is St Mary's on Ripon Street in South Kolkata. Mother Teresa belonged to the parish of St Mary's and the church was her favourite place of worship where she had encouraged many of her nuns to take their vows.

Earlier, the Vatican had put the Nobel laureate nun on the fast track to sainthood by waiving the mandatory five-year waiting period after her death on September 5, 1997, to begin the Diocesan Inquiry into her life and virtues.

On the basis of the inquiry findings, including claims by a tribal woman of cure at Mother Teresa's intervention, the Vatican beatified the nun in October last year, conferring on her the title 'Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata.'