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Mother Teresa. Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, [a] was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, [b] she was raised ...
Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday) [1] (formerly Mother Teresa's Kalighat Home for the Dying Destitutes) is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa [2][3] in Kalighat, Kolkata, India. Before Mother Teresa sought permission to use it, the building was an old abandoned Hindu temple to the ...
Catholic nun and missionary Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, commonly known as Mother Teresa and known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta since 2016, has a complicated public image. She has been widely admired by many for her charitable work, which led to her being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace". [1]
September 6, 2024 at 11:50 AM. Mother Teresa's last message, written on day she died, reveals deep faith in Christ. Mother Teresa, who was canonized as St. Teresa of Calcutta in 2016, died on Sept ...
Mother Teresa was canonized, or officially recognized as a saint, on this day in history, Sept. 4, 2016.. She was given the title "Saint Teresa of Calcutta." "Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her ...
KOLKATA, India, Sept 2 (Reuters) - On the eve of her canonisation as a Roman Catholic saint, and 19 years after her death, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going strong - even ...
Eileen Egan. Eileen Egan (1912–2000) was an American journalist, Catholic activist, and co-founder of the Catholic peace group American PAX Association and its successor Pax Christi USA, the American branch of Pax Christi. In 1943 she became an active member of Catholic Relief Services, and a longtime friend of Dorothy Day and Mother Teresa ...
Sunil K. Dutt (born 31 December 1939) is an Indian photographer [1][2] and photojournalist. [3][4][5][6] Dutt is known as the photo chronicler of Mother Teresa 's life and work for more than thirty years till her death in 1997. [7][8] He is also known as a chronicler of Calcutta and its many moods [9][10] for his vignettes of life in Kolkata ...