Photos: Mother Teresa declared a saint
Pope Francis celebrates the Canonization Mass of Mother Teresa in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016.
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Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a saint during his Holy Year of Mercy.
Pope Francis is driven through the crowd after celebrating a Canonization Mass for Mother Teresa, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016.
(Angelo Carconi / AP)A tapestry depicting Mother Teresa hangs from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope Francis, standing at bottom, celebrates a a Canonization Mass at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016.
(Alessandra Tarantino / AP)Pope Francis kisses the altar ahead of a canonization Mass for Mother Teresa in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2016.
(Alessandra Tarantino / AP)A priest kisses the relics of Mother Teresa prior to the start of a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, where she was to be canonized in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2016.
(Gregorio Borgia / AP)A tapestry showing Mother Teresa hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica before the start of the canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2016.
(Alessandra Tarantino / AP)Faithful and pilgrims wait to enter St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican before a canonization ceremony Sept. 4, 2016.
(Alessandra Tarantino / AP)Queen Sofia of Spain attends Mother Teresa’s canonization Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2016.
(Gregorio Borgia / AP)Brazilian mechanical engineer Marcilio Andrino, left, and his wife, Fernanda Nascimento Rocha, attend a canoninzation Mass for Mother Teresa, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2016. Andrino’s cure of a viral brain infection, declared a miracle by Pope Francis earlier this year, was the final step needed to declare Mother Teresa a saint.
(Alessandra Tarantino / AP)Faithful wait for the start of a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, where Mother Teresa was to be canonized Sept. 4, 2016.
(Gregorio Borgia / AP)St. Peter’s Square is crowded with faithful attending a canonization Mass for Mother Teresa at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2016.
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