Tributes pour in on Twitter as Mother Teresa becomes Saint Teresa. But why is #FraudTeresa trending?
After a long wait, Mother Teresa was officially canonised by Pope Francis at the Vatican City on 4 September.
Over 1,20,000 people attended the ceremony at St Peter's Square to witness the canonisation.
Also read: How 'miracle woman' Monica Besra paved the path for Mother Teresa's sainthood
Meanwhile, pilgrims also flocked to Mother Teresa's tomb in Calcutta, which has seen a sharp rise in the number of visitors since her beaitification.
As Mother Teresa became Saint Mother Teresa, political leaders joined social media users to pay homage to the Nobel Laureate. Here's a look at some of the tweets:
A symbol of service&compassion.Mother Teresa showed the world the extraordinary power of love.We celebrate 2day that enduring legacy of love
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) September 4, 2016
Her life was a message to the world of what humanity could be: peace, compassion and solidarity #MotherTeresa pic.twitter.com/HLEFedquua
— Raj Babbar (@RajBabbarMP) September 4, 2016
#MotherTeresa is now St Teresa - what an icon of heroic love for the world pic.twitter.com/E0N3DsjgQW
— Michael Kelly (@MichaelKellyIC) September 4, 2016
#MotherTeresa was an epitome of love & compassion.Her saintly life will continue to inspire us. pic.twitter.com/95nHNSE736
— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) September 4, 2016
#MotherTeresa honoured with Sainthood today by #PopeFrancis at St. Peter's Square, #Vatican pic.twitter.com/6xb7O6IHnN
— Dr DVRao (@dvraofile) September 4, 2016
You spent your #life not in the #desires of your self but in #raising the #hearts of the #poor 🕇🕇🕇⚘⚘⚘#MotherTeresa pic.twitter.com/Uu4nPLkTHG
— Divya Bhatia (@divya_bhatia07) September 4, 2016
Her life was a message to the world of what humanity could be: peace,compassion & solidarity #MotherTeresa pic.twitter.com/x03NrJdmae
— Anand Prakash (@annnyy87) September 4, 2016
A number of users also criticised Mother Teresa, alleging that she did not deserve to be elevated to a saint.
How wud a dying person've full senses to decide whether he shud accept the offer of baptism offered by #FraudTeresa pic.twitter.com/FDGowTg1gd
— Rita (@RitaG74) September 4, 2016
For miracles I propose Nirmal Baba also to attain sainthood. He does that daily. 😂#FraudTeresa
— Rita (@RitaG74) September 4, 2016
Let the trend #FraudTeresa be a lesson to all those non-Indian, non-Hindu fools who think they can come to our country and serve us.
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) September 4, 2016
The hashtag #FraudTeresa soon erupted into a battlefield, with many jumping in to defend the Nobel laureate.
Also read: In photos: Pilgrims pay homage at Mother Teresa's tomb in Calcutta on sainthood day
Don't care if she deserves the Sainthood but all I know that she helped the poor and needy. That's a BIG DEAL for me. She ain't #FraudTeresa
— Abba Dabba Jabba (@OB_noxious) September 4, 2016
Those low life souls trending #FraudTeresa won't even b able to bear d sight of leprosy sufferers, let alone touch & care for them lyk her!
— कोमल :) (@Komal_Indian) September 4, 2016
First published: 4 September 2016, 5:20 ISTI wake up to the trend of #FraudTeresa, shameless people trending it, get off Twitter and do a 100th of what she did then you'll know
— Sanjay Arora (@chiefsanjay) September 4, 2016
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