By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Saint Teresa of Calcutta embodies so much: charity and compassion; goodness and generosity; simplicity and sanctity, and much more! She was (and is) the world to the millions of her followers: the poorest of the poor, the dying destitute, the unloved and rejected and othersContinue Reading
Tehran: She is called the Mother Teresa of India and all for good reason. At 29, Narges is a mother to many orphans, abandoned and visually impaired children in India. However, today, she has become the victim of a very complex and unjust system in India and is being punishedContinue Reading
Shillong: Sunil Kumar Dutt started his journey as a photographer with Mother Teresa in 1956 and through the years he had captured some of the best memories of the Mother. An exhibition in the city recently brought together some of the rare photographs of Mother Teresa that depicted a powerfulContinue Reading
The fibre replica of Saint Teresa will be placed on a pedestal at a vantage point, earmarked as a `selfie zone’Continue Reading
On Sunday, September 4, before 120,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint. Née Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, she is now “St. Teresa of Kolkota” — though even Francis admitted she would probably still be simply called “Mother Teresa.” Standing in the midst of thisContinue Reading
I have tried to capture in my paintings what her presence meant to the destitute and the dying, the light and hope she brought by mere inquiry, by putting her hand over a child abandoned in the street… That is why I try it again and again, after a gapContinue Reading
Virtue stings the hearts of all: in some it provokes adoration and in some it provokes a sour Newtonian rejection. When faced with extreme goodness, some feel the need to find fault so as to distract others and themselves from their own imperfection. An event like a canonisation provides anContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed Mother Teresa a saint, hailing her as the personification of maternal love and a powerful advocate for the poor. “We may have some difficulty in calling her ‘Saint’ Teresa,” the pontiff said. “Her holiness is so near to us, so tender and soContinue Reading
It was as if Mother Teresa’s soul had seeped into each and every one of the millions who had gathered at St. Peter’s Square. For a few unbelievable hours, it was as if the world had evolved, had become one, had magically transcended the lethal squabbles that have come toContinue Reading