Indianapolis: Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who devoted her life to helping the poor, was declared a saint on Sunday. Several churches around the city are celebrating her lifetime of work for the sick and the poor, which touched many lives and inspired one local doctor to follow in herContinue Reading
Kolkata: When Mother Teresa’s canonization took place on Sunday, a battered-looking audience gathered in front of a screen some 4,500 miles east of St. Peter’s Square: men with caved-in chests, weeping sores wrapped in gauze, extremities missing entirely, legs so thin you could encircle them with a finger and thumb.Continue Reading
Vatican City:A personal encounter with Mother Teresa and her work serving the poor and the dying led a young Japanese man on a journey of faith and conversion. “I was born into a Buddhist family; I didn’t know about Jesus, Christianity, Catholicism or anything,” Missionaries of Charity Father Francisco AkihiroContinue Reading
Rome: Affectionately called the “saint of the gutters” during her lifetime, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made an official saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, just 19 years after her death. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mother Teresa was one of the most influential women in theContinue Reading
“By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world,” once said the Mother.Continue Reading
Rome: Mother Teresa didn’t try to solve all of the world’s problems: she simply lived her life in radical service and love of her neighbor, expecting God to take care of the rest, said her spiritual advisor. “Hindus, Muslims, and Christians alike saw in her a role model. She wasContinue Reading
An estimated 5,00,000 people are expected to gather at the circular square in front of the Vatican on SundayContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, Eastern India, has decided to name a road after Mother Teresa, according to government sources. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) notified that BMC in its meeting dated August 28 resolved for naming of fly over road from Satyanagar to Cuttack-Puri Road as “Mother Teresa Road. TheContinue Reading
Vatican City: Even her friend of more than 30 years, Father Sebastian Vazhakala, did not know Mother Teresa had conversations with and visions of Jesus before forming the Missionaries of Charity. It wasn’t until after her death, for the vast majority of people, that this part of Mother Teresa’s spiritualContinue Reading
On Sept. 4, Pope Francis will canonize Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Catholics and humanitarians everywhere will rejoice in this recognition. Mother Teresa founded a movement to care for the “poorest of the poor.” She gave them the dignity they deserve as human beings, created in the image of God. OthersContinue Reading