A day after a nun at Nirmal Hriday in Ranchi was held for allegedly selling a baby, the district unit of Child Welfare Committee (CWC) today shifted 22 children of Shishu Niketan, another shelter home in the vicinity, to a new accommodation. Both Nirmal Hriday and Shishu Niketan are runContinue Reading
Rome: “God’s Mason,” “Mother Teresa with pants,” “God’s soldier,” “the apostle of garbage” and “the insurgent of Madagascar” are but a handful of the nicknames given to Father Pedro Opeka, nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize, who’s also a recipient of France’s Legion of Honor and several papalContinue Reading
Charlotte: Retired Bishop William Curlin of Charlotte has died of cancer on Dec. 23 at Carolinas Medical Center in North Carolina, USA. He was 90. He was known as a champion of the poor and comforter of the sick and the dying. A friend of St. Teresa of Kolkata, he oftenContinue Reading
Pristina, Kosovo: A cathedral dedicated to St Teresa of Calcutta is due to be consecrated on September 5, the 20th anniversary of the saint’s death. Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Ernest Simoni to be his delegate at the consecration in Pristina, the capital of the partially recognised state of Kosovo.Continue Reading
By: Vangmayi Parakala Raghu Rai already has three books on Mother Teresa to his credit. The first was published in 1996, a year before her death, a second in 2003 and the third in 2005. Now, six months after her canonization by the Vatican as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, RaiContinue Reading
Multiple record-breaking artist Saimir Strati from Albania has achieved a new Guinness World Records title for the Largest staple mosaic for his enormous portrait of Saint Mother Teresa. The mosaic is composed of a staggering 1.5 million individual brown and white staples and measures 10 m² (107ft² 92in²). It tookContinue Reading
Vatican City: A culture that protects life from conception to natural death is the only answer to the idea that some lives are expendable due to inconvenience or population control, Pope Francis said. Following in the path of St Teresa of Calcutta, Christians are called to stand up and defendContinue Reading
“Like the strings of sitar, which produce different notes but come together to create a beautiful melody, people professing different faiths constitute the spirit of India and contribute to the strength of the nation. The spirit of Mother Teresa, who was cannonised recently, inspire us for of selfless service”, saidContinue Reading
London: The Queen, who turned 90 this year, praised Mother Teresa of Calcutta in her traditional Christmas message today. She began by lauding British medal-winners at the Rio Olympics and those who go out of their way to save lives. “But to be inspirational you don’t have to save livesContinue Reading
The Missionaries of Charity was established on October 7, 1950Continue Reading
