WOW.....Mother Teresa has been declared a saint by Pope Francis (photos)

hehehehe.....19 years after she died at age 87 in 1997, Mother Teresa has been declared a Saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people at St Peter's Square. The Mass and canonisation took place this morning Sunday September 4th. Mother Teresa was revered for her work with the poor and sick in India. And many people believe the Sainthood is long overdue...

Thousands of Catholics gathered in the Vatican where Pope Francis proclaimed Mother Teresa a saint this morning.

Mother Teresa, the tiny nun who cared for the world's most unwanted and became an icon of the Catholic Church, was canonised at a ceremony in St Peter's Square. The nun is claimed to have miraculously cured a woman with a tumour and a man with a brain infection. This paved the way for her sainthood.

Pope Francis, who yesterday decried the modern 'sin of indifference' to suffering, presided over the morning Mass. See more photos below.

A priest kisses the relics of Mother Teresa prior her canonization ceremony in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday