Swiss Guards stand in front of a tapestry depicting Mother Teresa of Kolkata before a mass, celebrated by Pope Francis, for her canonisation in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday. Photo: Stefano Rellandini/ReutersVatican City: 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 Sunday. 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. In the second, approved last year, Brazilian Marcilio Haddad Andrino says his wife’s prayers to Teresa led to brain tumours disappearing. Also in the crowd at St Peter’s was Teresa Burley, an Italy-based American teacher of children with learning difficulties who says the new saint inspired her vocation.

Source: Mint September 04, 2016 09:11 UTC