LIFE Mother Teresa

LIFE Mother Teresa

LIFE: Mother Teresa

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Who Was Mother Teresa? • A ROMAN CATHOLIC NUN WHO WAS CALLED TO REMARKABLE SERVICE, MOTHER TERESA BECAME AN UNLIKELY CULTURAL ICON AND REMAINS SO 25 YEARS AFTER HER DEATH.

A Path to Devotion • AGNES GONXHA BOJAXHIU WAS JUST 12 WHEN SHE FOUND HER RELIGIOUS CALLING. HERE’S HOW THE YOUNG GIRL FROM SKOPJE BECAME A NUN IN THE SERVICE OF GOD.

Becoming Mother Teresa • SHE BECAME KNOWN FOR HER CARE OF THE POOR, THE SICK, AND THE DYING AS WORD OF HER WORK BEGAN TO SPREAD.

Missions of Charity • IN 1952, MOTHER TERESA OPENED HER FIRST HOSPICE—SO THE TERMINALLY ILL COULD DIE A “BEAUTIFUL DEATH.” OVER THE ENSUING DECADES, HER MISSIONS, HOSPICES, SCHOOLS, AND SHELTERS WENT INTERNATIONAL, ULTIMATELY SPREADING TO 100 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

Becoming a Superstar • WITH A RISE IN RECOGNITION, MOTHER TERESA EMERGED AS AN INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITY. HONORS FLOWED IN, INCLUDING THE 1979 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

Saint Teresa • THE PATH TO SAINTHOOD REQUIRED INTERVIEWS WITH MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE AND DOCUMENTATION OF A MIRACLE—WHICH IN MOTHER TERESA’S CASE WAS THE HEALING OF A WOMAN’S ABDOMINAL TUMOR.

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