Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Pope Francis holds lunch for homeless to celebrate canonisation of Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was officially declared a Catholic saint on 4 September.
Pope Francis led a packed canonisation ceremony at Vatican City, where the nun from Yugoslavia was proclaimed a saint a whole 19 years after her death.
"For the honour of the Blessed Trinity, we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Kolkata to be a Saint and we enroll her among the Saints," Pope Francis said.
In order to celebrate the canonisation, Pope Francis invited around 1,500 homeless people for a pizza lunch.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with AAP leaders at the Vatican City to attend canonisation ceremony.Via @dani_ibanez18, Sr Jacinta gave #PopeFrancis prayer card of #MotherTeresa after canonization, which he kissed pic.twitter.com/EwNlNXMcdH
— Elise Harris (@eharris_it) September 4, 2016
Communion happening during canonisation. Official estimates put crowd at 120,000.CM .@ArvindKejriwal , @SatyendarJain , @DrKumarVishwas n @raghav_chadha at #MotherTeresa 's canonization in Vatican pic.twitter.com/JrK6Nj47W9
— AAP Ka Mehta (@DaaruBaazMehta) September 4, 2016
Communion happening now during #MotherTeresa canonization Mass - official estimates put crowd at 120,000 #BeMercy pic.twitter.com/ePju1ndkFf
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) September 4, 2016
EAM Sushma Swaraj & Indian delegation attend #MotherTeresa's canonisation ceremony at St. Peter's Square in Vatican pic.twitter.com/TzKGW6GxrR
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 4, 2016
Watch a portion of Pope Francis' speech here:
Pope declaring Mother Teresa as a saint.Mother Teresa is officially a saint! Here's a portion of the Pope's declaration! #MotherTeresa https://t.co/Q80ihsT3nx
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) 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
A 12-member central delegation led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and two state government-level delegations from Delhi and West Bengal, led by Chief Ministers Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee are in Rome to attend the ceremony. A group of around 40-50 nuns from different parts of the country, led by Missionaries of Charity Superior General Sister Mary Prema, also attended the function.
People were also seen waving the Indian national flag at the ceremony. Many took to social media to express their joy at the sight.
Vatican: Pope Francis proclaims Mother Teresa as Saint pic.twitter.com/VI17MV7qzc
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 4, 2016
Missionary of Charity sister brings #MotherTeresa relic - a vial of blood - to altar as the litany of saints is sung pic.twitter.com/Ob7VjxQCKx
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) September 4, 2016
#MotherTeresa's canonisation ceremony underway at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City pic.twitter.com/HEjZ0Vvlei
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 4, 2016
A Papal flyover? A very familiar looking helicopter circling the Square before mass. #MotherTeresa #Canonization pic.twitter.com/VsPWo3bIvn
— Johannes Benninghoff (@InCatholic) September 4, 2016
In India, crowds thronged Mother Teresa's tomb to pay homage to the saint.
First published: 4 September 2016, 2:11 IST#SaintTeresaofCalcutta thank you for life and your service above self. At #motherTeresa tomb pic.twitter.com/cI3J1Sl9y4
— St Teresa of Kolkata (@SaintMTeresa) September 4, 2016
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