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                                                                                                        September 5, 2016
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St. Teresa of Kolkata

A tapestry depicting Mother Teresa hangs from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope Francis, standing at bottom, celebrates a Canonization Mass at the Vatican,

Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. Francis has declared Mother Teresa a saint, honoring the tiny nun who cared for the world’s most destitute as an icon for a Catholic Church

that goes to the peripheries to find poor, wounded souls.                                                                 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Mother Teresa: ‘Saint of the Gutters’ Canonized at Vatican

NICOLE WINFIELD                courage in shaming world       2003 beatification.         prostitutes to prisoners, ref-  criticism alike.
Associated Press               leaders for the “crimes of     It was nevertheless the     ugees to the homeless.          “Let us carry her smile in our
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Ele-       poverty they themselves        highlight of Francis’ Holy  In that way, while the can-     hearts and give it to those
vating the “saint of the gut-  created.”                      Year of Mercy and quite     onization of “St. Teresa of     whom we meet along our
ters” to one of the Catholic   An estimated 120,000 peo-      possibly one of the defin-  Kolkata” was a celebration      journey, especially those
Church’s highest honors,       ple filled St. Peter’s Square  ing moments of his mercy-   of her life and work, it was    who suffer,” Francis said in
Pope Francis on Sunday         for the highly anticipated     focused papacy.             also something of an affir-     his homily.
praised Mother Teresa for      canonization ceremony,         Francis has been dedicat-   mation of Francis’ own pa-
her radical dedication to      less than half the number      ed to ministering to soci-  pal priorities, which have         Continued on page 2
society’s outcasts and her     who turned out for her         ety’s most marginal, from   earned him praise and