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 ...

Residents spoke lovingly of the nun who put their city on the map. "Mother has made our city famous," said 50-year-old Ramesh Ahuja, ... "At present the main attraction in Calcutta is Mother Teresa.

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, 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 found… ...

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!

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Vatican on Wednesday 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.

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 ...

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.

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.