Small of stature, rocklike in faith, Mother Teresa ... the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In December, she departed for India, arriving in Calcutta on 6 January 1929.

and Wisdom of Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Conroy, who went to India in the summer of 1986 as a 21-year-old to work with the Missionaries of Charity, developed an eleven-year friendship with Mother ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

On Sunday, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. This is to some extent pro forma, but the Catholic Church has long been big on forma, for good reasons.

The leader of the USCCB has commended the move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith.

Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a "beacon of hope" and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so that her "Optional ...

The leader of the nation's Catholic bishops has commended Pope Francis' move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the ...

The Indian government has declared a day of state mourning for the missionary nun, Mother Teresa, who died on Friday. She was 87. The government said her funeral in Calcutta next Saturday would be ...

The elevation of Mother Teresa will change the name of Housatonic's Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish at Corpus Christi Church to Saint Teresa of Calcutta Parish at Corpus Christi Church. The change ...

A new report from THR announced that Noomi Rapace will play the legendary Catholic saint Mother Teresa in the upcoming ... at Loreto Entally convent in Calcutta and start a new order.