Today Witczak says there are about 4,500 sisters worldwide continuing the work of Mother Teresa, serving in hospices, orphanages, homes for people with AIDS and drug addictions, unwed mothers, etc.

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… ...

After family illnesses and a divorce, Alynne Martelle Herzberger left her Wethersfield home in 1992 for Mother Teresa’s Calcutta orphanage. She had been powerless to avert trouble at home.

Mother Teresa was born to an ethnic Albania family in the Macedonian capital, Skopje. Sitting among them were about 2,000 homeless men and women who eat and sleep in soup kitchens and shelters run ...

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… ...

The loss of Mother Teresa is being felt tonight by millions, but her legacy is still very much alive. WRAL-TV5'sDavid Crabtreeis in Calcutta, India, a city where Mother Teresa left an indelible mark.

“Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church was established in 2004 to accommodate Catholic families north of the river. ... two orphanages have been built. “In 2007, ...

Mother Teresa has been made a saint in a ceremony led by ... we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Calcutta to be a saint and we ... which now has more than 5,600 members and runs orphanages, ...

During the 1950s and 60s Mother Teresa continued to work tirelessly, establishing a leper colony, an orphanage, a nursing home, a family clinic and a string of mobile health clinics.

CALCUTTA, India (AP) Former President Clinton sang a hymn at the tomb of Mother Teresa on Saturday, then cuddled babies and danced with children at the orphanage she founded.

Mother Teresa founded a sisterhood, the Missionaries of Charity order, that grew to 4,000 nuns and about 600 orphanages, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and clinics at the time of her death. She ...