Teresa staff arrested, nuns detained for “selling” babies
2018-07-05
Missionaries of Charity officials express shockContinue Reading
Jailed IS suspect attacks prison warden in Kolkata
2017-12-04
Mohammed Masihuddin had alleged planned to target foreigners visiting Mother Teresa headquartersContinue Reading
Kolkata marks Mother Teresa’s 107th birthday
2017-08-26
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted, “‘Peace begins with a smile.’ Continue Reading
20 years ago, Mother Teresa lobbied New York’s mayor for a parking permit
2017-06-11
BY EMILY NONKO In June of 1997, an unlikely meeting of Mother Teresa and then Mayor Rudy Giuliani took place–and it was over the ever frustrating matter of New York parking. She had come to the city for a surprise visit to spend time with the South Bronx branch ofContinue Reading
Sushma Swaraj responds to Indian priest’s plea
2016-12-27
New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on December 27 reiterated that her department would not spare any effort to get the release of an Indian Catholic priest abducted in Yemen earlier this years. The promise came a day after a video appeared in social media depicting a beardedContinue Reading
IS suspect planned to target foreigners at Teresa headquarters
2016-12-25
Kolkata: India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that an Islamic State sympathizer it arrested six months ago had planned to attack the Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. Managed by the order started by Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata, the house attracts a largeContinue Reading
Bombay Archdiocese celebrates Mother Teresa’s sainthood
2016-09-26
Mumbai: In a time when indifference to another’s suffering seems so widespread, there was one person, in our time, who was not indifferent. Mother Teresa had eyes that saw, a heart that felt and hands that reached out to help. These were the words used by Cardinal Oswald Gracias, ArchbishopContinue Reading
This couple spent their honeymoon helping Mother Teresa’s nuns
2016-09-11
Rome: Among the thousands of people who came to Rome to participate in the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, were Lourdes and Chema: two Spaniards who have always been close to the saint and the Missionaries of Charity, whom they dedicated their honeymoon to help serve. “We spent fourContinue Reading
Dalai Lama expresses joy at Teresa sanctification
2016-09-06
Dharamsala: Writing to the Mother Superior of the Missionaries of Charity, the Order founder by Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama expressed delight that Pope Francis on September 4 proclaimed Mother Teresa a saint. He wrote: “I rejoice at this recognition as an admirer of her dedicated service to humanity, particularlyContinue Reading
Mamata Banerjee gifts Bible bound in Baluchari silk to Pope Francis
2016-09-06
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has gifted a Bible in Bengali bound in Baluchuri silk to Pope Francis at Vatican City after the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa. In a tweet, the Chief Minister who is in the Vatican to attend the function, said Missionaries of Charity’s SuperiorContinue Reading