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1. Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor, is canonized in a ceremony at the Vatican.
   2020-03-25 23:18:35 (First version)
2. Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor in India, is canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican.
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