Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis

Leader of the Roman Catholic, Pope Francis declared revered nun Mother Teresa a saint in a ceremony witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people at St Peter's Square. took place this morning Sunday September 4th.


“For the honour of the Blessed Trinity… we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) to be a Saint and we enroll her among the Saints, decreeing that she is to be venerated as such by the whole Church,” the pontiff said in Latin.

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.