Blessed Mother Teresa's not a saint yet. At least officially. But Blessed Alphonsa, a nun who died in Kerala in 1946, is to be canonized soon. To be modern India's first saint in the Catholic sense.
The only Indian saint so far, Gonsalo Garcia, was crucified way back in 1597. Read more here.
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