Sep 4, 2016

Today in Rome, Pope Francis presided over a mass to canonize Mother Teresa. Meanwhile, Indian nuns from the Catholic Order of the Missionaries of Charity watched the mass via live telecast, while others flocked to her tomb in the Indian city of Kolkata to celebrate her proclamation as a saint.

: Indian Nuns from the Catholic Order of the Missionaries of Charity watch the live telecast of the canonisation of Mother Teresa from Rome, at the Mother House in Kolkata on September 4, 2016. Singing nuns and followers clutching flowers flocked to Mother Teresa’s tomb in the Indian city of Kolkata to celebrate her proclamation as a saint at the Vatican People started gathering from early morning at Mother House in Kolkata for a special mass for the “Saint of the Gutters” ahead of the ceremony due at St Peter’s Basilica. (AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

: Indian nuns walk through a wooded area to attend a special mass in honour of Mother Teresa at the St. Mother Teresa Church in Virar some 72 km north of Mumbai on September 4, 2016, as she was being canonised at the Vatican. Pope Francis on September 4 proclaimed Mother Teresa a saint, hailing her work with the destitute of Kolkata as a beacon for mankind and testimony of God’s compassion for the poor. The revered nun’s elevation to Roman Catholicism’s celestial pantheon came in a canonisation mass in St Peter’s square presided over by Pope Francis in the presence of 100,000 pilgrims. (AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE)

: A statue of Mother Teresa is pictured as worshippers celebrate in Siliguri on September 4, 2016. Pope Francis on September 4 proclaimed Mother Teresa a saint, hailing her work with the destitute of Kolkata as a beacon for mankind and testimony of God’s compassion for the poor. The revered nun’s elevation to Roman Catholicism’s celestial pantheon came in a canonisation mass in St Peter’s square presided over by Pope Francis in the presence of 100,000 pilgrims. (AFP PHOTO / Diptendu DUTTA)

: Faithful attend the Holy Mass and canonisation of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, on Saint Peter square in the Vatican, on September 4, 2016. Mother Teresa, the nun whose work with the dying and destitute of Kolkata made her a global icon of Christian charity, was made a saint on September 4, 2016. Her elevation to Roman Catholicism’s celestial pantheon came in a canonisation mass in St Peter’s square in the Vatican that was presided over by Pope Francis in the presence of 100,000 pilgrims. (AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO)

: Pope Francis (R) leads the canonisation of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, on Saint Peter square in the Vatican, on September 4, 2016. Mother Teresa, the nun whose work with the dying and destitute of Kolkata made her a global icon of Christian charity, was made a saint on September 4, 2016. Her elevation to Roman Catholicism’s celestial pantheon came in a canonisation mass in St Peter’s square in the Vatican that was presided over by Pope Francis in the presence of 100,000 pilgrims. (AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO)

: An Indian nun showers rose petals as she pays obeisance to a statue of Mother Teresa unveiled at a church in Chennai on September 4, 2016, ahead of the canonisation of Mother Teresa in Rome. Indian Christians are eagerly looking forward to the canonisation of Mother Teresa and churches across the country are holding special masses in her honour. As the Vatican prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint on September 4, in the Indian city where she rose to fame, claims of medical negligence and financial mismanagement at her care homes threaten to cloud her legacy. (AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR)

: Pope Francis (C) waves to faithful as he leaves after a Holy Mass and the canonisation of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, on Saint Peter square in the Vatican, on September 4, 2016. Mother Teresa, the nun whose work with the dying and destitute of Kolkata made her a global icon of Christian charity, was made a saint on September 4, 2016. Her elevation to Roman Catholicism’s celestial pantheon came in a canonisation mass in St Peter’s square in the Vatican that was presided over by Pope Francis in the presence of 100,000 pilgrims. (AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO)

: Sisters of Charity arrive to attend the holy mass and Canonisation of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, on St. Peter square in the Vatican, on September 4, 2016. Mother Teresa, the celebrated nun whose work with the poor of Kolkata made her an instantly recognisable global figure, will be proclaimed a saint on September 4, 2016. Pope Francis will preside over a solemn canonisation mass in the presence of 100,000 pilgrims and with a giant haloed portrait of Teresa smiling down from St Peter’s Basilica. (AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO)

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