Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa at 18

Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910 in Macedonia. A world renown Roman Catholic nun and humanitarian with Indian citizenship, she founded the Ministries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950.

For over 45 years up until her death on September 5, 1997, she ministered to the sick, the poor, the orphaned and the dying. Mother Teresa would be beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.  

                       Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II