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 ...

St. Teresa of Calcutta, or "Mother Teresa," is often held up as a symbol of selflessness and extreme devotion to charity. As the founder of the Missionaries of Charity and recipient of numerous ...

Mother Teresa of Calcutta arrives in Rome to meet Pope John Paul II on May 16, 1997. The Nobel prizewinner died September 5, 1997 from cardiac arrest.

Mother Teresa’s successor has said the overall vision of the soon-to-be-canonized founder of the Missionaries of Charity was that everyone is “infinitely loved by God and all are created to ...

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 ...

Mother Teresa was the superior general and foundress of this worldwide Order of the Missionaries of Charity, with over 4,000 sisters, and yet there she was on her hands and knees washing the floor!

Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint in highlight of his Holy Year of Mercy on Sunday during a canonization ceremony in front of tens of thousands of people at Peter's Square.

Mother Teresa's canonization on Sept. 4 is the culmination a process that can last centuries, but for her has been hastened to a mere 18 years. Here's how she became a saint.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta pass a battery of photographers as she arrives in the Vatican to attend the 5th World Synod of Bishops. Princess Diana bonds with Mother Teresa in New York on June 19, 1997.

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 ...

On 10 September 1946 during the train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling for her annual retreat, Mother Teresa received her “inspiration,” her “call within a call.” ...

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 ...