More than 100,000 pilgrims attended a service led by Pope Francis in St Peter's Square at the Vatican to honour the tiny nun who worked among the world's neediest in the slums of Kolkata.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Nobel peace laureate known as the “saint of the gutters” during her lifetime, was made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday.
More than 100,000 pilgrims attended a service led by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican to honour the tiny nun who worked among the world’s neediest in the slums of Kolkata.
Her legacy fits neatly with Francis’s vision of a poor church that strives to serve the poor, and the ceremony will be a highlight of his Holy Year of Mercy which runs until November 8.
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