The nun Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor in India, is to be declared a saint at a ceremony in the Vatican.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill St Peter’s Square to see Pope Francis lead the ceremony.
Pope Francis will lead a Mass and Canonisation in Saint Peter’s Square at 10:30 local time
Mother Teresa founded a sisterhood that runs 19 homes, and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
She died in 1997 – aged 87 – and was beatified in 2003, the first step to sainthood.
Mother Teresa founded a sisterhood that runs 19 homes, and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was not without her critics, some accusing her of running unhygenic homes and accepting monies from dictators.
