{"id":245612,"date":"2016-09-04T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T11:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245612"},"modified":"2016-09-04T11:57:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T11:57:08","slug":"mother-teresa-declared-a-saint-by-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/mother-teresa-declared-a-saint-by-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in St Peter\u2019s Square in the Vatican to witness the canonisation of Mother Teresa, the Catholic icon revered around the world for her work with the poor and dying.<\/p>\n

The canonisation mass, led by Pope Francis, took place under a huge portrait of the Albanian nun, who established the Missionaries of Charity order in Kolkata in 1950. The order now runs 758 homes, hospices and shelters in 139 countries around the world.<\/p>\n

Nuns \u2013 some wearing the distinctive blue and white robes of Mother Teresa\u2019s order \u2013 priests, pilgrims and tourists crammed into the square in front of St Peter\u2019s Basilica for the two-hour ceremony.<\/p>\n