Mother Teresa canonised, becomes Saint Teresa of Calcutta
4 Sept 2016 2:31 PM IST4 Sept 2016 2:31 PM IST
The elevation of one of the icons of 20th Century Christianity came a day before the 19th anniversary of her death in Kolkata.
A portrait of Mother Teresa is carried in the crowd during a vigil of prayer in preparation for her canonisation in the St. John in Latheran Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: AP)- Hundreds of Missionaries of Charity sisters, 1,500 homeless people and 13 heads of state or government, including Queen Sofia of Spain, were at the canonisation Mass. (Photo: AFP)
- The canonization Mass began with hymns and proceeded almost immediately to the rite of canonization: the declaration that Mother Teresa is now a saint. (Photo: AP)
- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Indian delegation attend Mother Teresa's canonisation ceremony in Vatican. (Photo: ANI)
- Queen Sofia of Spain attends Mother Teresa's Canonization Mass. (Photo: AP)
- Mamata in Vatican City Vatican City : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Vatican City to attend the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa. (Photo: PTI)
- Irma Escuero, of New York, holds a statue of Mother Teresa prior to the start of a mass celebrated by Pope Francis. (Photo: AP)
- The elevation of one of the icons of 20th Century Christianity came a day before the 19th anniversary of her death in Kolkata, the Indian city where she spent nearly four decades working with the dying and the destitute. (Photo: AP)
- A priest kisses the relics of Mother Teresa prior to the start of a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis where she will be canonised in St. Peter's Square. (Photo: AP)
- Tens of thousands of pilgrims rich and poor, powerful and homeless filled St. Peter's Square today for the canonisation of Mother Teresa, the tiny nun who cared for the world's most destitute and became an icon of a Catholic Church that goes to the peripheries to find lost souls. (Photo: AP)
- For Francis, Mother Teresa put into action his ideal of the church as a merciful \"field hospital\" for the poorest of the poor, those suffering both material and spiritual poverty. (Photo: AP)
- Applause erupted in St. Peter's Square even before Francis finished pronouncing the rite of canonization at the start of the Mass in St. Peter's Square. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)
- Pope Francis is declaring Mother Teresa a saint at a morning Mass, making her the model of his Jubilee Year of Mercy and in some ways his entire papacy. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)
A portrait of Mother Teresa is carried in the crowd during a vigil of prayer in preparation for her canonisation in the St. John in Latheran Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: AP)
The elevation of one of the icons of 20th Century Christianity came a day before the 19th anniversary of her death in Kolkata.
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