'A moment I will cherish forever': Rita Ora is the unlikely star at a Basilica concert to celebrate Mother Teresa being made a saint by Pope Francis

Rita Ora (left at the concert, and inset top left at the MTV VMAs last week) sang at a concert in honour of Mother Teresa last night ahead of the nun being proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis. 


Ora, 25, performed What Child Is This at a concert celebrating the life of Teresa, who was canonised today. Pope Francis (bottom right at the canonisation today) was set to attend the event at the Papal Basilica of St Paul, however he did not appear to be among the hundreds of priests and dignitaries (crowd pictured top right) inside the venue. 'Singing What Child Is This to celebrate her life and legacy will be a moment I cherish forever,' Ora tweeted before she sang. Ora, who is from Kosovo but moved to Britain as a refugee, was chosen to sing because Mother Teresa was herself born in Kosovan territory.