Pope Francis
declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, praising the tiny nun for
having taken in society’s most unwanted and for having shamed world
leaders for the “crimes of poverty they themselves created.”
Applause erupted
in St. Peter’s Square even before Francis finished pronouncing the rite
of canonization, evidence of the admiration Mother Teresa enjoyed from
Christians and non-Christians alike during her life and after her 1997
death. (AP)
A service has been held in west Belfast to mark the canonisation of
Mother Teresa who lived there in the 1970s. The nun, who was revered for
her work with the poor in India, was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis
in a ceremony in the Vatican on Sunday. St Teresa and four nuns moved
to Ballymurphy on 2 October 1971 and stayed for 18 months. Resident
Tommy Holland said they referred to her back then as "the saint that
lived in our street". St Teresa and the sisters from the Missionaries of
Charity, the order she founded in 1950, set up home in Springhill
Avenue at a time when violence in Northern Ireland had intensified. When
news of her impending arrival reached residents, there was much
excitement ...
Credit- Reuters
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