Calcutta, India, Aug 23 (efe_epa). — Mother Teresa, who will be canonized to become Saint Teresa of Calcutta on Sept. 4, was a Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship, who founded the ...

St. Teresa of Calcutta, or "Mother Teresa," is often held up as a symbol of selflessness and extreme devotion to charity. ... India and eventually Calcutta, where she taught at a girls' school.

Mother Teresa was awarded more than 120 awards and honors both during her lifetime and after she passed away. Some of these include the Padma Shri in 1962, the Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize in 1962 ...

After years of battling debilitating ailments, Mother Teresa’s heart stopped at 9:30 p.m. (noon New York time) while surrounded by grieving nuns of her order at her convent in Calcutta, India ...

At Christmas in 1996, Mother Teresa told us that after our work we were to go out into the streets and sing carols. Some of the volunteers weren't so keen, but we did what she said. You did not argue ...

CALCUTTA, India -- The destitute and the diseased still gather outside Mother Teresa's clinics in this sprawling city in eastern India, where the nun known simply as "Mother" dedicated her ...

UNDATED _ Mother Teresa, the tiny nun with a large heart whose compassion for the poorest of the poor won the world’s admiration as well as a Nobel Peace Prize, died Friday (Sept. 5) at her ...

Calcutta, India, Sept. 3 (efe_epa). — The eastern Indian city of Calcutta on Saturday strung up photos and posters of Mother Teresa, as industrious vendors set out figurines and gl… ...

KOLKATA, India – The Vatican has declared Mother Teresa a patron saint of the Archdiocese of Calcutta at a Mass in the city where she dedicated her life to the poorest of the poor.

About 30 years ago, as she was nearing the end of her seminary training, Sister Mary said she felt the call to serve the destitute and dying of India, much like Mother Teresa. So, she traveled to ...

CALCUTTA, India — Supporters of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity reacted with surprise and concern to the Indian government’s ruling that the organization is now ineligible for ...

CALCUTTA, India — Hundreds of nuns, bishops and volunteers attended a Mass on Thursday marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa, the selfless nun who dedicated her life to ...