Mother Teresa becomes Saint Teresa

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
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Mother Teresa was proclaimed a saint today by Pope Francis in a ceremony that drew an estimated
120,000 people to the Vatican. Our Seth Doan was there.
The faithful packed St. Peter's Square beneath a giant portrait of the now
Saint Teresa of Calcutta. But even Pope Francis acknowledged,
I think maybe we will have some difficulty calling her Saint Teresa.
Because of her tenderness, he added, we will continue to call her Mother Teresa.
I think people recognized her as a living saint when she was alive. They knew her.
Rick Farrell and Mary Bassaloni came from Anchorage, Alaska.
She gave of herself. She gave her life to help the poor.
Pope Francis praised that dedication as nuns from her order listened on.
The Pope noted Mother Teresa had defended human life, the unborn and the abandoned.
Mother Teresa was called the saint of the gutters. And before becoming Pope,
Francis was referred to as the bishop of the slums. Both put the poor at the center of their
ministry. And today, Pope Francis called poverty a crime.
In Rome, Indian flags were flown with pride. While in Calcutta, formerly known as Calcutta,
where Mother Teresa focused her missionary work for nearly half a century,
others watched the canonization on a large TV screen.
Aaron McKelvey and Paul Hunter traveled to Rome from Dallas.
They're not Catholic, but said Mother Teresa's appeal is universal.
Great humanitarian, great compassion for the less fortunate. So
she means something to many people, regardless of faith.
The Albanian-born Nobel Peace Prize winner who dedicated her life to those in the shadows
was honored today in the bright sunlight, less than two decades after her death.
Seth Doan, CBS News, Rome.
