Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa saint

“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”, he said, making a long-awaited announcement. This significant event was attended by thousands of Catholics and pilgrims from around the world estimated at around 120,000.

“During the mass the official anthem sung at the Canonization of Mother Teresa in Rome was sung by a group of trained children”. “Let us pray so that the friends of Mother Teresa may carry out a revolution of tenderness started by Jesus Christ with his love for the poor and the little ones”, he posted on Instagram.

On one Union County church’s 5th anniversary, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa as a saint.

We’re wiping tears of happiness away from our cheeks, knowing Mother Teresa’s kind heart has not been forgotten. She was “a generous dispenser of divine mercy”. “She was committed to defending life, ceaselessly proclaiming that ‘the unborn are the weakest, the smallest, the most vulnerable”.

“What was considered literally trash – human beings left to rot and die in the gutters of Calcutta – she would treat with enormous dignity and respect”, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of NY.

“The canonization of a Saint is the recognition of the holiness of her life”, said Pastor Diaz. 13 heads of state or government were present for the occasion, including Queen Sofia of Spain.

Mother Theresa, who was originally named Agnese Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born to Albanian parents in 1910, in the former Ottoman Empire (now Macedonia).

But Pope John Paul II, who met her often, had no doubt about her eligibility for sainthood, and put her on a fast track to elevation two years after her death instead of the usual five. She was beatified in 2003, a key step to sainthood.

As a young woman she felt called to minister to the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta, India. “That she let go of all that she was and everything that she had in order to serve the poorest of the poor”.

After contracting tuberculosis, she was sent to rest in Darjeeling. The order now runs hospices, homeless shelters and other services for the destitute in 139 countries.

September 4: Rejoicing over the canonization of Mother Teresa, her followers on Sunday expressed hope that it would bring an era of peace, cooperation and sympathy in the world.