Mother Teresa becomes Saint Teresa - Crowds flooded the Vatican to

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Crowds flooded the Vatican to celebrate the highly anticipated canonization of Mother Teresa, an event which Catholics and non-Catholics alike had looked forward to since the nun's death in 1997.

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In New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the sainthood of Mother Teresa as "a memorable and proud moment" -- reflecting the popular thinking in the country which Teresa made her home.

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Cardinal Angelo Amato read a brief biography of Mother Teresa's work and then asked the Pope to canonize her in the name of the Church.

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"She was committed to defending life, ceaselessly proclaiming that the unborn are the weakest, the smallest, the most vulnerable," the Pope said.

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Speaking of Teresa, the Pope noted how she "bowed down before those who were spent Â... seeing in them their God-given dignity.

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