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Mother Teresa of Calcutta was today declared saint by Pope Francis at a canonisation ceremony in Vatican City.
Mother Teresa, known as the "saint of the gutters" during her life, was made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, just 19 years after her death.
Millions of Catholics revere her as a model of compassion, and more than 100,000 people were attending the mid-morning ceremony in front of St Peter's Basilica, which was decked out with a canvas of the late nun in her trademark blue-hemmed white robes.
Pilgrims had streamed from all over the world at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican from early morning ahead of a service to honour the Nobel peace laureate, who worked among the world's neediest in the slums of Kolkata.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is leading a 12-member delegation to attend the function.