Ocean City Family In Attendance When Pope Francis Canonized Mother Teresa

Ocean City, NJ -- When Mother Teresa was declared a saint, a family from Ocean City was in attendance.

Former U.S. Marshal and Cape May County Sheriff Jim Plousis was joined on the trip by his son, Jim, his brothers and their families in a tour of the convent where she lived in Rome, the Ocean City Gazette reports.

They attended a special blessing by Pope Francis, and were among the tens of thousands of people in attendance when Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint. Plousis worked security when Pope Francis came to Philadelphia last year, according to the report.

Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who spent her life helping poor people in India, was canonized on Sept. 4. She is now known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

She died in 1997, and is buried in a large, yet inconspicuous tomb that is venerated by millions of faithful followers every year.

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